Times Square Cookie Monster Rejects Plea Deal Over Allegedly Shoving Child

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Source: Talking points Memo




NEW YORK (AP) — A man who dresses up as Cookie Monster in Times Square turned down a plea deal in a New York City case accusing him of shoving a 2-year-old after his mother refused to tip him.

Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

The Daily News (http://nydn.us/10XHa0r ) says the plea deal would have let him off with two years of anger management counseling and two days of community service.

Quiroz-Lopez turned down the offer on Wednesday after prosecutors said he would have to plead guilty to the charge.

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[onehandle]

1. Those assholes make Times Square even more of a cesspool than it's ever been.

When the area was first 'cleaned up,' I was not unhappy about it. It made the area more pleasant, a decent place to gather.

Now it's the absolute worst place to be in NYC. And those costumed jerks just made it worse.

At least the porn shops corralled the seediness of NYC.

[demwing]

2. I ran into one of these characters on New Years

I asked him who he worked for and he ran away.

Anyone know the story? Are these people "street performers," or do they collect for some charity or church?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Supposedly they are independent/self employed

Usually out of work actors, but could be anyone who just bought a suit.

Check out "Confessions of a Superhero", it's about the people who do it on Hollywood Boulevard, and it does address the aggressive nature of some of them.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016164/?ref_=sr_1

[onehandle]

4. Street performers. My wife and I were there a couple of weeks ago.

Three Elmos and two Woodys were in a little group.

Dirty, disgusting costumes and that many in one area is hardly 'magic.'

A local Democratic rep has proposed a law to restrict them.

[Nye Bevan]

5. The problem is that this is a First Amendment protected activity,

provided they do not charge people for photos (instead, they accept donations).

[brooklynite]

7. I always wondered by the creative owners don't sue them for copyright infringement

[Bossy Monkey]

6. ME! WANT! COOKIES! n/t

[ForgoTheConsequence]

8. Hes still upset about going on a diet.