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 Ronald
Statue Found Hanging in Tree
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Billings
police officers haul a Ronald McDonald statue up a
hill after he was found hanging from a tree in Pioneer
Park Thursday morning... I see that
they love clowns in Montana also... thanks to Eric
for this link. [more...]
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Sex Offender Clown Busted After Christmas Parade *external
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A
convicted child sex offender was arrested this week
after complaints that he dressed up as a clown and
inappropriately touched several young girls at a Christmas
parade.... [more...]
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Local Clown Accused of Charity Scam *external
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...but
Shipman(Minnow the Clown) passed her off as a cancer
patient, police said, calling the girl by the name
of another child who had actually died from cancer
several weeks earlier. On Aug. 12, police said, Shipman
went back to the track and told people the girl she
had been there with in July had died. A collection
was taken up at the speedway, with customers and drivers
giving Shipman more than $2,000. Donors thought they
were helping the girl's family pay for a headstone
and funeral expenses. Police said Shipman kept the
money for herself... [more...]
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Clown
Charged With Molesting Teenage Boy -
Allegedly Caught on Hidden Camera
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A
star clown for one of the nation's largest traveling
circuses is under arrest after being caught on videotape
having sex with a teenage boy, police said today.
The clown was arrested early Saturday in a home here
after allegedly sodomizing a 16-year-old boy. Investigators
said the incident was captured on a surveillance camera
installed by the boy's father... [more...]
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Weary
Willie: From Laughter to Murder
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The most famous circus clown of all was Weary Willie,
played, successively, by Emmett Kelly, Emmett Kelly,
Jr., and Emmett Kelly III. While the first two Kellys
brought laughter to millions, the third, said by some
to be the best Weary Willie of all, went to prison
for murder. [more...]
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Errors Undercut Newspaper's Efforts to Keep Credibility
To
illustrate a calendar item about National Clown Week,
an editor grabbed a clown photo out of a file and
didn't check the name. The clown was John Wayne Gacy,
a Chicago serial killer of children. To say that readers
knew better is an understatement... [more...]
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Registered
Sex Felon Charged - Man who works as clown
accused of molesting girls
Balch
Springs police have arrested a registered sex offender
- known to many area children as "Sparkie the Clown"
- after two girls told police that he molested them...
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Clown
group has a sad outing at mall
A
security guard at a Madison, WI mall kicked out a group
of clowns after shoppers complained that they were being
harassed... Clowns aren't pleasant to have around. Dysfuctional
adults in ill-fitting clothes and red ruber noses aren't
going to find themselves welcome in most places. Anyone
who has attended a parade, the circus, or any other
unfortunately clown-sanctioned event... [more...] |
