April 2, 2019
JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE, also known as Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, and “Joe Exotic,” 55, formerly of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, has been convicted in a 21-count superseding indictment that includes the two previously charged murder-for-hire counts and also alleged nineteen wildlife crimes, including the alleged killing of five tigers and the illegal sale of tiger cubs, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and Lacey Act.
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Breaking news 9.7.18 Joe Exotic arrested in murder for hire plot:
Grand Jury Indicts “Joe Exotic” for Murder-For-Hire
OKLAHOMA CITY – JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE, also known as Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, and “Joe Exotic,” 55, formerly of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, has been indicted on two counts of hiring a person to commit murder.
On September 5, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment that accuses Maldonado-Passage of hiring an unnamed person in November 2017 to murder “Jane Doe” in Florida. According to the indictment, Maldonado-Passage gave the unnamed person $3,000 to travel from Oklahoma to South Carolina and then to Florida to carry out the murder. He allegedly agreed to pay thousands more after the deed. The indictment alleges Maldonado-Passage caused the person to travel to Dallas to get fake identification for use in the plot. According to the indictment, the person traveled from Oklahoma to South Carolina on November 26, 2017.
In a second count, the indictment alleges that beginning in July 2016, Maldonado-Passage repeatedly asked a different unnamed person to find someone to murder Jane Doe in exchange for money. The second person put Maldonado-Passage in contact with an undercover FBI agent. Maldonado-Passage met with the undercover agent on December 8, 2017, to discuss details of murdering Jane Doe.
Jane Doe did not suffer any physical harm.
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Maldonado-Passage today in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He will make his initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today in the Pensacola Division of the Northern District of Florida, followed by further proceedings in the Western District of Oklahoma.
If Maldonado-Passage is found guilty of murder-for-hire, he could be imprisoned on each count up to ten years. He would also be subject to up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 per count.
This case is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement and the FBI, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amanda Green and Charles W. Brown are prosecuting the case.
Joe Exotic’s 2016 Bid for President of the United States includes this video in which he promises he will not cut his hair nor change the way he dresses. Joe Exotic explains he is gay, legally married, has tried drugs and a little kinky sex, and is “broke as sh*t.”
A Short Biography
Legal Name: Joseph A Maldonado “Schreibvogel”
AKA: Joe Exotic and The Tiger King
Born in Garden City Kansas in 1963 where he lived and grew up on a farm until the age of 13.
Family moved to Wyoming at age 14, became volunteer firefighter. Inspired his love of animal rescue.
Family moved to Texas. Joe became an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and volunteered on a local ambulance service.
By age 19 he owned his own ambulance service and joined police force in Eastvale Texas.
Appointed Police Chief and went through the academy as the youngest Police Chief in Texas history.
Motor vehicle accident in 1985 and left police career.
In 1986 began working with exotic pets with largest exotic pet store in Texas.
In 1997 he founded the G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Foundation for unwanted exotic animals. The park opened its doors on October 14, 1999 in Wynnewood Oklahoma.
Today Joe Exotic is the entertainment director of the largest private zoo for tigers in the world, housing nearly 220 big cats in Wynnewood Oklahoma. He also operates a YouTube Channel called JoeExoticTV. Joe Exotic announced he was running for Governor of Oklahoma in the summer of 2017. Joe’s announcement is here:
For more from Joe Exotic, here is an entertaining interview and recap of his colorful background:
Of all places for Joe to run for the office of Governor! Legalizing marijuana is another hurdle, for the mind of most in this state, to derail his campaign. Hope he has the opportunity to speak his mind on all of these issues.