"I just like to make the children smile. And when they don't smile, I get stabby."
Posted on 09/07/2007 5:57:33 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Waukesha, WI - Troubles keep adding up for Ronald E. Schroeder, who performed professionally as Silly the Clown but has been sitting in the Waukesha County Jail since May on charges of sexual assault, domestic violence and possession of child pornography.
On Aug. 10, he was granted work-release privileges and was supposed to be transferred to the county's Huber facility so he could leave for work.
It never happened.
Here's why: Schroeder is $4,000 behind on his child support payments resulting from a 1995 divorce in Milwaukee County. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Mary Kuhnmuench found him in contempt in June and ordered him to serve a six-month sentence in the House of Correction as straight time, meaning no work release.
Court records in the Milwaukee County case show that Kuhnmuench wasn't happy that Schroeder did not make arrangements to appear in court either in person or by phone on June 4 for a hearing. She also was upset that he failed to pay support.
"The court finds the respondent's actions were willful and intentional, and therefore, contemptuous," court records state.
Court records show Schroeder was in custody in Waukesha County during the June 4 hearing. It wasn't clear Thursday whether any of the time Schroeder has been serving in the Waukesha County Jail counts toward his Milwaukee County sentence.
It also wasn't specified in court records what work Schroeder was being allowed to leave for, but in addition to performing in southeastern Wisconsin as a clown he also has worked as a loan officer.
Schroeder did prevail in one matter Thursday in Waukesha County Circuit Court. Schroeder's attorney, Donna Kuchler, wanted two trials for Schroeder, one on the sexual assault and domestic violence charges and one for the single counts of possession of child pornography and possession of a switchblade.
Judge J. Mac Davis granted the request.
After the court hearing, Kuchler said she sought separate trials because the possession of child pornography and switchblade charges were unrelated to the 31 other counts against Schroeder. "To try them together, they have to overlap in some way," Kuchler said.
Linking the child pornography charge to the sexual assault/domestic violence charges "would be too prejudicial," she said.
Schroeder, 38, was charged in May with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an unconscious victim; 27 counts of capturing an image of nudity; one count of battery, domestic abuse; and one count of illegally accessing computer data. The charges stemmed from a former girlfriend's allegations.
The initial investigation of Schroeder concerned allegations that he beat a girlfriend, illegally accessed her e-mail and text messages, and took nude photographs of her after she passed out in his home after a night out. But a preliminary examination of a computer seized after those allegations were made turned up images indicating that Schroeder sexually assaulted the woman while she was unconscious, according to a criminal complaint.
A further examination of the computer revealed child pornography.
Last month, Schroeder, who was also a suspect in the unresolved 1991 death of his infant daughter and was questioned about injuries to another daughter in 2005, lost in a bid to have his trial moved out of Waukesha County because of pre-trial publicity.
"I just like to make the children smile. And when they don't smile, I get stabby."
That’s a Bozo No-No.
As a child I never really understood the fascination with clowns....they all looked scary to me, and it seems that in a number of cases my fears and intuitions were entirely justified.
I don’t like clowns, they frighten me.
Sounds like a real winner, glad we are going to support him for the rest of his life instead of putting a bullet in his head.
/sarc
There's one hiding in your closet right now, just waiting for you to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
Sully the clown ... I hate clowns. Something very sick about a grown man wanting to dress up like an idiot and invite children to clamor all over him. Makes me want to hurl. Like Pee Wee Herman in a red-headed wig. How could you eat after looking at that? Twisted individuals.
Thanks, another nights sleep gone amuck! ;-)
...but in addition to performing in southeastern Wisconsin as a clown he also has worked as a loan officer.
For some reason this seems to make perfect sense.
LOL! Now you did it!
Kinko, Kinko, the kid-loving clown
if the kids just love me back I’ll never wear a frown
Kinko, Kinko, the kid loving clown
if the kids just love me back I’ll never wear a frown!!!
Kinko’s in his Kinko car, pockets full of change
lots of dirty pictures and sticky candy canes.
All the kids love Kinko for the presents that they get
silly leather clothes to wear and happy cigaretts.
-Hi boys and girls, my name is Kinko the clown!!!
-Hi Kinko!!!
-And I really love you boys and girls!!!
Really, really....
-Awwww
-But my legs get tired standing out in the parking lot handing out
stale tootsie rolls to you rugrats, so if anyone wants to come back
to Kinko’s trailer and massage his legs, he’d really really like it.
Really, really.....
Kinko, Kinko, the kid-loving clown
if the kids just love me back I’ll never wear a frown
Kinko, Kinko, the kid loving clown
if the kids just love me back I’ll never wear a frown!!!
We go to Kinkos clubhouse, sometimes after school
we play in Kinkos crawl space, there’s never any room
We have to sit on Kinkos lap there’s never any chairs
Kinko likes to tickle us and give us funny stares.
-Gee I haven’t had this much fun since Christmas when I got
to play Santa Clause and all the boys and girls got to sit on Kinko’s lap-
-Mommy mommy! Kinko hurt me!-
-But that was in Indianapolis and thanks to the liberal reciprocity laws here
Kinko can be with you boys and girls today or anytime.
Jimmy Johnson ran away and didn’t say goodbuy
Kinko went to look for him to help the FBI
But Kinko has some handcuffs on his eyes were full of tears
said “I’ll be back to play with you sometime in 20 years!”
Kinko, Kinko, the kid-loving clown
the parents wanna beat me up and run me outa town!
Kinko, Kinko, the kid-loving clown
tar and feather Kinko and run him out of town!
-Bye boy’s and girls!!!!
-Bye Kinko! See you at the turn of the century!
-Kinko really love you boys and girls!!
Really, really....
LOL! That was really mean. (But really funny!) *SMIRK*
And for the record, I loathe clowns. Except for Krusty. He’s a mensch. :) (And he can’t “get me” from inside the TV!)
I hate clowns - always have. When you look at them in the face and see their yellowed teeth, bloodhot eyes, deep pores and acne scars on the skin, even a four year old knows something isn’t quite right.
Someone made a video of it. Hehehehehe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTJGkwMf08k&mode=related&search=
Guilty the Clown
Can’t sleep...clowns will eat me...can’t sleep...clowns will eat me...
“Guilty the Clown”
ROFLMAO! :)
Oops, sorry. I thought this was a Larry Craig story.
...Carry on.
That was funny.
Thanks - I hadn’t seen that. There’s also a vid of “Dead Puppies” on YouTube. The band that did these songs, Ogden Edsl, came to one of my parties years ago, when I was living in LA - nice guys, but really twisted. :-)
I feel the same way. I have never been a clown fan. They made me cry.
I used to tell my kids that there was an ankle monster living under their bed and if they didn't jump in bed really fast, he would grab them by the ankle and drag them under the bed where he would chew on their ankles.
They would make their mother look under the bed because I refused to, I didn't want the monster to grab me.
I have pinged both my sons to this reply, let's see if they weigh in with a response.
loan officers frighten me
I have nightmares of Hillary as President.
Sometimes she’s in a threesome with Helen Thomas and Janet Reno in the oval office. I wake up in a cold sweat, shaking all over. It’s horrible, I tell you.
the horror!
Ron Schroeder has been performing professionally both as a Magician and as a Clown since 1989.
Silly the Clown allows flexibility of Ron's character and is very popular with younger children. His costume is very cheery along with the make-up that covers his natural identity. Ron works constantly to improve his skills and to upgrade his routines. He enjoys performing for all ages and for any occasion. All his shows include audience participation so that the audience may assist him on some of the routines, which add to the fun!
LOL!
How about a dentist dressed as a clown? Worst nightmare time!!
I'm sorry to hear that....that's just awful. Hopefully your parents didn't subject you to clowns too often. I never understood how putting on loads of makeup and ill-fitting, garish clothes made someone 'funny' or would move someone to laugh. I always laughed at situational issues or clever, insightful wordplay, but I suppose the concept of a clown was just too 'simple'. It was sort of like "okay, so you've put on a bunch of makeup, a big nose and some oversized clothes. I am supposed to laugh at that? I could have done that myself....it's nothing special."
Anyway, I hope that you weren't traumatized too badly from exposure to clowns as a child....some things in our childhood we carry with us forever.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
(((((snicker)))))))
Thanks for asking. No trama; just always felt clowns were wierd.
I feel the same way about loan officers...
I dislike clowns. Never let one near my kids.
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