A loose monkey was captured after jumping on cars and swinging on a stop sign in a Sanford, Florida neighborhood on Monday morning.

Police said they responded to the scene shortly after 8 a.m. when a resident called to report the monkey, named Zeke, eating mail out of a mailbox in the Hidden Lakes subdivision.

Officers were able to distract Zeke, who was pulling molding from one of their patrol cars, by offering it a bottle of water.

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