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11th January 2014
12:12pm GMT

Times Square's Woody from "Toy Story" arrested on sex charges http://t.co/sjCqwjdoaZ pic.twitter.com/c0TMGAFgn4
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) January 10, 2014
Vasquez is the latest costume character to be arrested. Previously a man dressed as Elmo was arrested for shouting racist comments.
Apparently, a man dressed as the Cookie Monster pushed a toddler in NYC after his mother refused to pay him a tip for taking a photo.
Vasquez was charged with forcible touching and third-degree sexual abuse. He was ordered held on $1,500 bail after a court appearance Friday.
These “disturbing incidents . . . reinforce our belief that these costume characters must be licensed and regulated,” said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, told New York Daily News.