Elmo gets arrested in Operation Sesame Street(Not really, just somebody in a Elmo suit in Times Squa

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[QUOTE]TIMES SQUARE (WABC) --
Another costumed character in Times Square has been busted by police.

The NYPD tweeted Tuesday night, "Just another day in Midtown South. Elmo arrested in Times Square."

Thirty-seven-year-old Rosa Sanchez, of Clifton, New Jersey is charged with aggressive solicitation.

She was arrested by 10 plain-clothes officers posing as tourists who took photos with her.

They took her into custody after she demanded cash in exchange for the pictures.

Several costumed characters have gotten into trouble with the law recently, leading to calls for them to be better regulated.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Rosa Sanchez, 37, was arrested in her "Elmo" costume and charged with aggressive solicitation after demanding cash for pictures. Ten plain-clothes officers posed as tourists and had taken a photo with her prior to the arrest.
"This Elmo was arrested as part of an NYPD sting dubbed Operation Sesame Street," reports [URL="http://7online.com/news/fake-elmo-arrested-in-times-square/311807/"]ABC[/URL][URL="http://7online.com/news/fake-elmo-arrested-in-times-square/311807/"] 7[/URL]. This crackdown is to stop unregulated [URL="http://www.jrn.com/now-trending/Batman-Spider-Man-get-arrested-in-Gotham-City-for-fighting-275068481.html"]street costume characters[/URL] from forcefully requesting money from tourists in exchange for photos.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE][B]NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)[/B] – The NYPD had an impromptu meeting with costumed characters in Times Square Wednesday night.About 10 characters attended the meeting on the Times Square steps, where the groups tried to smooth things out after several recent incidents landed an Elmo, Spider-Man and Batman in handcuffs.
The meeting was seen as a way to begin a dialogue between the characters and NYPD.
he NYPD Midtown South Precinct on Tuesday released a tweet showing [URL="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/16/woman-dressed-as-elmo-accused-of-aggressive-tip-seeking-in-times-square/"]a woman dressed as Elmo in handcuffs.[/URL] Except for her head, she was still in the costume depicting the red, furry “Sesame Street” monster.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/17/nypd-costumed-characters-meet-in-times-square-after-rash-of-arrests/[/url]
[url]http://www.jrn.com/now-trending/Elmo-arrested-in-Times-Square-by-10-police-officers-275446871.html[/url]
[url]http://7online.com/news/fake-elmo-arrested-in-times-square/311807/[/url]

Lol the operation was really called 'Operation Sesame Street'

[editline]20th September 2014[/editline]

Another pic of NYPD meeting costume characters
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[JgcxCub]

glad we got these evil terrorists off the streets

[Crimor]

Was this the racist elmo? :v:

[SexualShark]

man i feel so much safer that some goof in a costume who wants to get paid for taking pictures with tourists got arrested, i bet that guy down the block in a shrek suit is giving kids free onions laced with deadly chemicals.

great job NYPD, using resources efficiently as always.

[Curls]

what a MONSTER

[amute]

[QUOTE=SexualShark;46030005]man i feel so much safer that some goof in a costume who wants to get paid for taking pictures with tourists got arrested, i bet that guy down the block in a shrek suit is giving kids free onions laced with deadly chemicals.

great job NYPD, using resources efficiently as always.[/QUOTE]

The NYPD takes quality of life crime very seriously, it's Bratton's initiative, the same one that cleaned up NYC in he 90's

[ignhelper]

Hopefully this stops getting tourist from being ripped off.

Don't these guys have to apply for some permit? Or can they just one day decide to dress up and 'busk'

[amute]

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;46030953]Hopefully this stops getting tourist from being ripped off.

Don't these guys have to apply for some permit? Or can they just one day decide to dress up and 'busk'[/QUOTE]

They need a permit, which is why the undocumented ones are such a nuisance. They rip off tourists and literally hide behind costumes. So the NYPD cracks down on it.

[Falubii]

[QUOTE=SexualShark;46030005]man i feel so much safer that some goof in a costume who wants to get paid for taking pictures with tourists got arrested, i bet that guy down the block in a shrek suit is giving kids free onions laced with deadly chemicals.

great job NYPD, using resources efficiently as always.[/QUOTE]

If someone is not going to kill someone else, they should never be arrested for anything ever.

[Zonesylvania]

I never knew that it was such a big problem out there (dressing up as characters and soliciting money.) You see the same here too except people dress up as gods and ask for money.

[PaperBurrito]

Was it this guy?

[video=youtube;KBe62Z3Htko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBe62Z3Htko[/video]

[Wootman]

Everytime I go to Times Square I got hounded by a million fucking costumed characters then when they take my pic, they demand money getting angry as hell when I say no.

[proboardslol]

Good; these guys are fucking assholes. They'll run up behind you if you're taking a picture of yourself and then demand money from you

[Overwatch 7]

About time somebody got that Spider-Menace off the streets!

[paramud]

[QUOTE=SexualShark;46030005]man i feel so much safer that some goof in a costume who wants to get paid for taking pictures with tourists got arrested, i bet that guy down the block in a shrek suit is giving kids free onions laced with deadly chemicals.

great job NYPD, using resources efficiently as always.[/QUOTE]

I don't know about you but my mother always taught me never to take onions from strangers

[amute]

It's pretty obvious SexualShark has never been anywhere near Times Square.

[gk99]

[QUOTE=amute;46035177]It's pretty obvious SexualShark has never been anywhere near Times Square.[/QUOTE]

I don't see the issue, and I've been there.

Maybe it's because I didn't give much of a fuck about taking pictures with a guy in a suit.

[fruxodaily]

[QUOTE=PaperBurrito;46031685]Was it this guy?

[video=youtube;KBe62Z3Htko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBe62Z3Htko[/video][/QUOTE]

Something about a grown up man in a kids character costume bitch and complain about jews is really something

[Ylsid]

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;46038599]Something about a grown up man in a kids character costume bitch and complain about jews is really something[/QUOTE]

You're right, something = something

[Loopoo]

[QUOTE=SexualShark;46030005]man i feel so much safer that some goof in a costume who wants to get paid for taking pictures with tourists got arrested, i bet that guy down the block in a shrek suit is giving kids free onions laced with deadly chemicals.

great job NYPD, using resources efficiently as always.[/QUOTE]

people like this are scum. I visited Italy for 2 weeks holiday and the amount of aggressive peddlers / street vendors was overwhelming. I had people coming over and trying to sell me and my dad a rose and not fucking off, despite saying no, and putting it in front of my mum to try and make us buy it for an extortionate amount of money.

when you're on holiday, you don't want to be manipulated and guilt-tripped by someone who intimidates you. there was this buddhist monk a few years ago who came up to me and preached about his way of life and everything and it was so interesting. then he gave me a book about it (a tiny little one) and I said thanks so much and went to walk away, then he said "that will be 15 euros", so I just handed it back.

if you're charging for a service, make it clear beforehand. people who rope you in (by handing you things, or taking pictures, and [I]then[/I] trying to extort you) like this are douchebags.