Dakota Zoo

Woman Pleads Guilty to Trespass After Dakota Zoo Selfie

Ashlee Brown was fined $300 after Monday's guilty plea and will be on unsupervised probation for nearly a year.

BISMARCK, N.D.–An 18-year-old Mandan woman has pleaded guilty to trespassing after authorities say she jumped a guard rail at Bismarck’s Dakota Zoo in July and approached a primate cage to take a selfie. Ashlee Brown was fined $300 after Monday’s guilty plea and will be on unsupervised probation for nearly a year. She can keep the incident off her record…