--- title: Men Arrested For Breaking Into Sea World to Eat Ice Cream Take Selfies description: The Dippin Dots did them in canonical: https://time.com/23478/frat-bros-arrested-after-breaking-into-sea-world-to-steal-ice-cream-take-selfies-with-shamu/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-13T18:02:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:46.493Z og:title: Texas frat bros broke into SeaWorld to take selfies with Shamu and eat ice cream og:description: The Dippin Dots did them in og:url: https://time.com/23478/frat-bros-arrested-after-breaking-into-sea-world-to-steal-ice-cream-take-selfies-with-shamu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7c86ffaa62b75d/69868551e8524bf0c1601cc5/465768515.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Killer whale sea world shame og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas frat bros broke into SeaWorld to take selfies with Shamu and eat ice cream twitter:description: The Dippin Dots did them in twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf7c86ffaa62b75d/69868551e8524bf0c1601cc5/465768515.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Frat Bros Arrested After Breaking Into Sea World to Steal Ice Cream, Take Selfies with Shamu > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 13, 2014 6:02 PM UTC  Trainers work with Orcas during a show at the Shamu Up Close attraction at Sea World in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 7, 2014\. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images) Trainers work with Orcas during a show at the Shamu Up Close attraction at Sea World in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 7, 2014\. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images) Orlando Sentinel / MCT via Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 13, 2014 6:02 PM UTC Five Texan frat bros broke into San Antonio’s SeaWorld early Thursday morning not to free Willy, but rather to take after hours selfies with Shamu. The University of Houston students scaled SeaWorld San Antonio’s fence at 2 a.m. to eat ice cream and take some selfies with the animals, [WOAI reports.](http://www.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-sponsored-by-five-star-cleaners-119078/police-five-tried-to-break-into-12146580/) While no damage was done and the animals remain safe, the fraternity brothers are guilty of theft: They broke into a storage area [to eat some “Dippin Dots.”](http://www.businessinsider.com/frat-brothers-take-selfies-at-seaword-2014-3) Although three of the men evaded arrest, Duc Thien Nguyen, 23, and Huy Quang Mai, 18, were charged with criminal trespassing and theft under $50\. They are held at an $800 bond and will appear before a judge Wednesday. 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