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Real party animal: Lab tech found drunk with his pants down as monkeys run loose: police

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No animals were harmed during Coley Mitchell’s one-man party in a science lab locker room.

Two monkeys were out of their cages when cops found Mitchell at Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta last week, WJBF-TV reported, but veterinarians said they were fine.

Mitchell, however, was intoxicated and sitting in a chair with his pants down, according to a police report.

Cops said he was uncooperative and aggressive when they asked him to zip up and leave the lab.

The 32-year-old technician was charged with public drunkenness and booked into Richmond County Jail.

In a statement, GHSU spokesperson Jennifer Hilliard Scott said the school “does not condone behavior that conflicts with the research, education and clinical missions of the university, and employees are expected to conduct themselves, at all times, with integrity and respect.”

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