More Bizarre News - Man Punches Out Cookie Monster!

Thanks to Agent 86 for this article.

I was reading his article about the Duck killing this guy and I saw this:



Cookie Monster attack nets man probation
Associated Press

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- A man who kicked, punched and knocked down a theme park worker dressed as Cookie Monster because she wouldn't pose with his 3-year-old daughter was sentenced to a year of probation.

Lee P. McPhatter Jr., 22, of Waldorf, Md., was convicted Wednesday by a judge of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment. He also was ordered to take an anger-management class.

Police said McPhatter flew into a rage June 9 when the employee at Sesame Place didn't respond to his daughter's request to have her picture taken with the character.

McPhatter, a student at The Citadel military college in South Carolina, called E. Jennie McNelis a "mean Cookie Monster," then punched her through the mouth of the costume, knocking her down, police said.

McPhatter and his girlfriend, Sabrina Quiroz, the child's mother, testified that the 22-year-old theme park worker shoved their daughter several times, flung a paw in McPhatter's face, then tripped.

The 3-year-old, Mina, testified before a judge that "Cookie pushed me in the face."

McPhatter had faced up to two years in prison.

"I'm satisfied. The guy didn't deserve to go to Graterford prison, but the girl spent two months in physical therapy," Bucks County Assistant District Attorney Robert Mancini said.

 

Ah..I should have known that this story had been talked about here. Damn..nothing gets by this BBS! However, I was ROTFLMFAO when I read it, and it's so bizarre that it needs to be repeated because it's so unbelievable.