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‘Creepy’ Cookie Monster terrorizing city, cops warn: ‘Steer clear’

‘Creepy’ Cookie Monster terrorizing city, cops warn: ‘Steer clear’


Can you inform me the best way to get far, far-off from Sesame Street?

Santa Cruz residents have been instructed to not interact with a person dressing as Cookie Monster, who police say has been yelling obscenities and taunting locals having fun with a stroll alongside the California coastal metropolis’s boardwalk.

Santa Cruz police say the “Sesame Street”‘ wannabe has been harassing mother and father to pay him to pose in photographs with their kids.

“We are getting calls from individuals who say he’s ‘creepy,’” police spokeswoman Joyce Blaschke mentioned in a Wednesday assertion to The Post. “Based on his historical past, we advise the general public to not interact with this particular person. Steer clear from him.”

Blaschke added, “I’d not take a photograph with him.”

Santa Cruz police confirmed to The Post that the suspect’s title is Adam Sandler, 59, with no relation to the “Uncut Gems” star. Police famous that Sandler has not dedicated a criminal offense in Santa Cruz as of Tuesday.

Blaschke declined to verify if Sandler is the so-called Evil Elmo who was accused of harassing NYC vacationers a decade in the past.

The Post reported in 2013 on the costumed nuisance recognized as Dan Sandler — who additionally glided by Adam. This Sandler shouted anti-Semitic diatribes whereas dressed because the pink “Sesame Street” puppet Elmo in Times Square.


A person, dressed because the muppet character Elmo, is arrested in Times Square on Sept. 18, 2012. The arrest came about after a loud verbal change between the person and vacationers, witnesses mentioned.
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Dan Sandler, also known as Adam Sandler, was convicted for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest while dressed as Elmo from "Sesame Street" in Times Square. He leaves court on Dec. 26, 2012, after proving he completed two days of community service.

Dan Sandler, often known as Adam Sandler, was convicted for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest whereas dressed as Elmo from “Sesame Street” in Times Square. He leaves courtroom on Dec. 26, 2012, after proving he accomplished two days of group service.
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He received slapped with one yr in jail after threatening to threatening to extort the Girl Scouts by spreading a rumor that the group ran a “rape camp” in Cambodia.

“I settle for the actual fact I dedicated a criminal offense, however I’m not in anyway sorry to the Girl Scouts group,” he mentioned in Manhattan Criminal Court on the time.

The Post reported that he had additionally been arrested in San Francisco, close to Santa Cruz, the place prosecutors mentioned he grabbed a child whereas panhandling in his furry Elmo costume.

The Post contacted Sandler for remark.

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