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2 Who Climbed Tree in Central Park Are Charged With Misdemeanors
New York Times ^ | 4.25.2004 | Mark Santora

Posted on 04/24/2004 7:08:19 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick

April 25, 2004

2 Who Climbed Tree in Central Park Are Charged With Misdemeanors

By MARC SANTORA

Two nearly naked men who drew crowds and kept rescue workers at bay for hours on Thursday when they climbed a tree in Central Park were charged yesterday with a series of misdemeanors, the police said.

The charges included reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, public lewdness and disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors that the police said were unlikely to result in jail time.

The police identified the men as William Rund, a 32-year-old preoperative transsexual, and Christopher Montero, 17, both of the Bronx. They were spotted in the tree by witnesses in Central Park near 63rd Street about 4 p.m. One man wore only a thong and the other boxer shorts. Some witnesses told the police that the two had oral sex. An officer walking foot patrol nearby was summoned and called for assistance when the men refused to climb down.

The police Emergency Service Unit and a hostage negotiation team were called to the scene, two bucket trucks were brought in and an air cushion was deployed at the base of the tree, the police said.

The police spent the next four hours trying to get the men out of the tree. Whenever the police would try to climb to them, the couple would scamper higher and threaten the officers with broken branches.

Finally, at 8:30 p.m., the men came down and were taken to New York Weill Cornell Center, where they underwent psychiatric evaluation and were released, the police said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blueoyster; centralpark; cruising; culturewar; exhibitionists; gaysexinparks; homosexualagenda; it; newyorkcity; nyc; publicsex; publicsexact; sexinatree
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To: JulieRNR21
Cold water from a fire hose would have been nice. Add in the "shrinkage" factor and it's a roar.
21 posted on 04/24/2004 7:45:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: William Martel
Benny Hill
22 posted on 04/24/2004 7:46:45 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

From now on, whenever I visit Central Park, I'm bringing a slingshot!

23 posted on 04/24/2004 7:51:02 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (never moon a werewolf)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
...William Rund, a 32-year-old preoperative transsexual, ...

I don't understand. Is it a man or a woman?

24 posted on 04/24/2004 7:53:52 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (never moon a werewolf)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
where they underwent psychiatric evaluation and were released

Ahem. Now if that had been a heterosexual up the tree doing something comparable, they would have been committed and put under court order to take meds.

25 posted on 04/24/2004 7:55:59 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: NYC GOP Chick
It's all in fun until someone loses and eye....
26 posted on 04/24/2004 8:00:33 PM PDT by Jalapeno
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To: Jalapeno; hellinahandcart
It's all in fun until someone loses and eye....

Or, in the case of the pre-transsexual, he's about to lose something else!

27 posted on 04/24/2004 8:02:37 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
all misdemeanors that the police said were unlikely to result in jail time.

OTOH, putting homosexuals in jail would be like a taxpayer funded sex romp for them.

28 posted on 04/24/2004 8:06:43 PM PDT by Young Rhino (http://www.artofdivorce.com)
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To: CindyDawg
Normally I'm against cutting trees down but there are exceptions :')


A little selective pruning is necessary at times.... Even mother nature does it with wild fires, etc.
29 posted on 04/24/2004 8:07:22 PM PDT by deport (To a dog all roads lead home.......)
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To: deport
True :')
30 posted on 04/24/2004 8:11:09 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: NYC GOP Chick
...a 17-year-old boy and a 32-year-old preoperative transsexual

Ah yes, consenting "adults".

31 posted on 04/24/2004 8:14:09 PM PDT by weegee (Maybe Urban Outfitters should sell t-shirts that say "Voting Democrat is for Old Dead People.")
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To: CindyDawg
Another abused tree :')

If it is bestiality when a man has sex with an animal, what is it when a man has sex with a plant (like a tree)?

32 posted on 04/24/2004 8:16:27 PM PDT by weegee (Maybe Urban Outfitters should sell t-shirts that say "Voting Democrat is for Old Dead People.")
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To: henbane
That young dude is so ugly that's probably the only way and the only person he could have any sex with.
33 posted on 04/24/2004 8:20:19 PM PDT by no dems (Does anyone from the Bush/Cheney camp monitor the Freep website?)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
' At one point, the older of the couple broke off a branch and threatened to throw it at cops, before demanding a vanilla diet Pepsi.

When police handed up a regular old diet Pepsi, the 32-year-old hurled the can to the ground, screamed, "Vanilla!" and declared, "What I say goes!" '


You can't make this stuff up.
34 posted on 04/24/2004 8:27:42 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: NYC GOP Chick
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! The shrink who examined them must have had a field day!
35 posted on 04/24/2004 8:35:26 PM PDT by Tabi Katz
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To: Tabi Katz
The shrink that examined them, RELEASED them.
36 posted on 04/24/2004 8:54:50 PM PDT by Ed Condon (Wanted, newer tag line in good condition.)
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To: Ed Condon
Sounds like he needs some serious therapy himself.
37 posted on 04/24/2004 9:00:33 PM PDT by Tabi Katz
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To: Tabi Katz
Or maybe such a political hot potato, the doc didn't want to touch it.
38 posted on 04/24/2004 9:38:28 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: ventana; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
ping
39 posted on 04/24/2004 9:45:17 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
LOL! Couldn't blame him for that!
40 posted on 04/24/2004 9:59:24 PM PDT by Tabi Katz
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