Fifth former Columbus Zoo executive pleads guilty to theft

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DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – The last of five former Columbus Zoo officials involved in a theft investigation in which over $2.29 million was stolen has pleaded guilty.

Grant Bell, a former purchasing assistant for the zoo and the son of former chief financial officer Greg Bell, was charged with the fifth-degree felony in Delaware County Common Pleas Court. Monday morning at his arraignment hearing he pleaded guilty.