{"id":97868,"date":"2016-06-01T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97868"},"modified":"2016-06-01T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:06:15","slug":"parents-of-four-whose-son-fell-into-zoo-enclosure-sparking-killing-of-harambe-the-gorilla-as-it-emerges-father-has-a-lengthy-criminal-history-including-kidnap-and-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97868","title":{"rendered":"Parents-of-four whose son fell into zoo enclosure sparking killing of Harambe the gorilla as it emerges father has a lengthy criminal history – including kidnap and drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Mail<\/a>: Deonne Dickerson and Michelle Gregg have been heavily criticized
\nHarambe was fatally shot after their four-year-old boy crawled past a railing and fell 15ft into the gorilla exhibit moat
\nHarambe was shot dead after dragging the boy violently around
\nMany have blamed the boy’s parents for 17-year-old Harambe’s death
\nThey released a statement on Sunday saying their boy is doing ‘just fine’
\nZoo director said Harambe was ‘disoriented’ and tranquilizer would have taken too long with the possibility of agitating the animal even more
\nDirector said: ‘Looking back we would make the same decision’
\nHe insisted barriers were secure, asking: ‘Do you know any four-year-olds? They can climb over anything’<\/p>\n

These are the parents of the four-year-old boy whose 15-feet fall into the gorilla exhibit moat in Cincinnati Zoo resulted in the death of 17-year-old silverback gorilla, Harambe.
\nSeen here for the first time is mother Michelle Gregg, 32, who has four children by father Deonne Dickerson, 36, a man who, Daily Mail Online can disclose, has a lengthy criminal history.
\nCriminal filings against Dickerson stretch over a decade and include burglary, firearms offences, drug trafficking, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and kidnap.<\/p>\n

In 2006 he was sentenced to one year behind bars for a drug trafficking conviction.
\nBut in numerous pictures posted on Dickerson’s Facebook site in recent years he appears to have turned his life around to become the proud father of four.
\nIndeed, the majority of his postings to the social media site are updates of his children and his working life.
\nIn others pictures he has uploaded his friends congratulate him and Michelle on the birth of their fourth child last January.<\/p>\n

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