Police: Man Posed As Worker, Gained Access To Zoo Set; 27-Year-Old Hospitalized After 30-Foot Fall

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BOSTON -- The man who fell into a restricted area of Franklin Park Zoo Wednesday remains hospitalized.

Police said Arnold Milfort, 27, of Dorchester, lost his balance and fell about 30 feet into an area that was being used as a lion's den by a production crew filming a movie at the zoo. No animals were in the movie set den at the time that the man fell.

A member of the production crew told police that Milfort gained access to the closed set by claiming falsely that he was a zoo employee, police said. Witnesses reported that he tripped and fell into the den shortly before 3:45 p.m.

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Witnesses reported that he tripped and fell into the den shortly before 3:45 p.m.

And some jury will make him a rich man.