Chiefs Cookie Monster & Other Characters Wreaking Havoc in Times Square

houstonwhodat · 12:53 PM

Saw this on TV yesterday.

It seems that the Cookie Monster, Elmo and other characters are wreaking havoc in New York's Times Square.

"Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs.

Times Square is crawling with entrepreneurs who dress up as pop-culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with visitors to the big city. But some of these characters are unlike anything you've seen on "Sesame Street" or at Disney World.

They smoke, they use foul language, and they can be aggressive. At least three of them have been arrested in the past seven months.

"He was using words that were really bad," said Parmita Kurada of Stamford, Conn., who told police she got into a dispute this week with a man in a Cookie Monster costume who demanded $2 for posing with her 2-year-old son, Samay."

Read more here:
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/0...re-characters/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ouble/2069037/

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1312161

04-10-2013, 10:01 AM	Topic Starter
houstonwhodat Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Parallel Universe Casino cash: $10004900	Cookie Monster & Other Characters Wreaking Havoc in Times Square Saw this on TV yesterday. It seems that the Cookie Monster, Elmo and other characters are wreaking havoc in New York's Times Square. "Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs. Times Square is crawling with entrepreneurs who dress up as pop-culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with visitors to the big city. But some of these characters are unlike anything you've seen on "Sesame Street" or at Disney World. They smoke, they use foul language, and they can be aggressive. At least three of them have been arrested in the past seven months. "He was using words that were really bad," said Parmita Kurada of Stamford, Conn., who told police she got into a dispute this week with a man in a Cookie Monster costume who demanded $2 for posing with her 2-year-old son, Samay." Read more here: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/0...re-characters/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ouble/2069037/ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1312161 Last edited by houstonwhodat; 04-10-2013 at 12:53 PM..
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