Posted on 10/25/2012 9:03:52 AM PDT by raccoonradio
DANVERS — Police say a nude man who works as a clown and children’s entertainer was arrested yesterday morning after jumping into a tractor-trailer at a Rowley rest stop off Interstate 95 and soliciting the male driver.
According to state police, James Vosolo, 46, of Danvers surprised the truck driver Tuesday evening just before midnight, hopping naked into his truck cab and asking him if he wanted to have sex. Vosolo is employed by Total Entertainment of Danvers, state police said.
A state police official said the truck driver called police after feigning interest and suggesting they meet up at the Seabrook, N.H., rest stop. Trooper Michael Caranfa responded to the call and attempted to pull Vosolo over. Vosolo proceeded to throw items, which police believed to be narcotics, out of his car before stopping alongside the highway in Salisbury. No narcotics have been recovered.
Vosolo was wearing only thong underwear when Caranfa approached. Vosolo was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, assault and battery, failure to stop for police, a marked lanes violation, and disorderly conduct. According to police, he allegedly grabbed the truck driver after entering his cab.
A search of Vosolo’s vehicle resulted in the seizure of several sex toys, Halloween masks and head lamps. He is expected to be arraigned today at Newburyport District Court. According to state police, Vosolo has no previous convictions.
A representative of Total Entertainment said yesterday that Vosolo is no longer employed there but had previously worked as a tent installer and truck driver. When asked if he had also worked as a children’s entertainer, the representative would not comment.
On Vosolo’s LinkedIn profile, he lists himself as an event manager for Total Entertainment. Over the years, Vosolo has attended numerous functions across the state dressing up as Uncle Sam, Elvis Presley and other characters. Various photos online show him dressed as a clown, marching in a Swampscott parade and posing with Red Sox legend Bill Lee at a community event in Ipswich.
Since 1992, Total Entertainment has provided clowns, mimes, magicians, pirates, stilt walkers and other entertainers for birthday parties, festivals and events. They also offer bounce houses, table games, costumes, disc jockeys and sports inflatables.
Over the years, clients have included the Massachusetts State Police, Verizon, Partners Healthcare and Fidelity Investments. Total Entertainment is at 123 Liberty St. and is owned by Danvers resident Richard Kraby.
In 2009, Vosolo was the subject of a background check by the Essex County Probation Department after he agreed to allow a former Salem resident, Nicholas Pratt, who was accused of shaking his then-6-month-old son, to live with him. Pratt also worked at Total Entertainment, and Vosolo was listed in court documents as his supervisor.
Every day, thousands of motorists, including families, truck drivers and commuters, stop at one of the dozens of rest areas that dot the Massachusetts highway system. Rest stops and truck weighing stations are also popular places for men and women to engage in sexual activity, according to state police.
Ensuring that motorists can safely grab a bite to eat, use the restrooms or take a quick nap without fear is a priority of the state police. To curb such activity, state police cruisers regularly patrol the network of rest stops and truck stations looking not only for those having sex but selling or using drugs, drinking in public, and other illegal or illicit behavior, Procopio said.
“People know the state police are nearby,” Procopio said.
Is this another Chris Mathews article?
As he was led away, he was heard to shout:
“In the field of local, live in-home entertainment, I’m a GOD!!!”
“That’s not seltzer!!!”
is this a news story or the plot to a new prime-time show on NBC?
I bet he did! lol
From the title I was picturing the guy soliciting sex while in his clown outfit. I was then thinking of the inevitable Youtube video of somebody beating the tar out of a clown. One of those 'you just can't win' situations.
“Halloween masks and head lamps”
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Okay, I’m not even going to try to guess.
update
http://www.newburyportnews.com/breakingnews/x253554077/More-charges-added-in-nude-clown-case
October 25, 2012
More charges added in nude clown case
Newburyport Daily News
NEWBURYPORT - Additional charges have been filed against a child entertainer and clown who is accused of sexually assaulting a truck driver early Wednesday morning while nude at a Rowley rest area off Interstate 95.
At his arraignment in Newburyport District Court this morning, James Vosolo, 46, of Danvers was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent assault and battery of a person over 14 and is being held on $10,000 cash bail or $100,000 surety pending a pretrial hearing scheduled for Nov. 21.
Vosolo was taken into custody earlier in the morning after arriving in courtroom 1 by himself a little before 9 a.m. Vosolo’s former employee, Total Entertainment of Danvers, had posted his bail, $40, after his arrest.
Vosolo, who had worked at Total Entertainment for 15 years, was originally charged with indecent exposure, assault and battery, failure to stop for police, marked lanes and disorderly conduct. But just before his arraignment yesterday, Essex County assistant district attorney Maura Bailey amended the state’s complaint against Vosolo to include the more serious sex-based charges.
The new charges were added as a result of information obtained by the state police that Vosolo allegedly grabbed the victim’s genitals twice. Bailey also informed Judge Peter Doyle that it was her belief Vosolo was acting out a sexual fantasy and may have been under the influence of crack cocaine at the time of the alleged incident.
In light of the additional charges and the possibility he was using narcotics at the time, Bailey asked for bail to be set at $25,000.
“Based on all of that the defendant is looking at a significant penalty,” Bailey said.
Vosolo’s court appointed attorney William Hernon argued the state’s bail request was excessive considering Vosolo appearance at court that morning and said his family could raise a maximum of $1,000.
“This issue is will he return, the $40 has shown that he will return,” Hernon said.
As part of his ruling, Doyle ordered Vosolo to remain drug and alcohol free with random screens, have no contact with minors, stay away from all state rest areas and stay away from the alleged victim.
According to state police, Vosolo surprised the truck driver Tuesday evening just before midnight, hopping naked into his truck cab and asking him if he wanted to have sex. A state police official said the truck driver called police after feigning interest and suggesting they meet up at the Seabrook, N.H., rest stop.
Trooper Michael Caranfa responded to the call and attempted to pull Vosolo over. Vosolo proceeded to throw items, which he later told police was “a glass pipe and a little bit of crack” cocaine, out of his white Chevy Caprice hitting Caranfa’s windshield before stopping alongside the highway in Salisbury, according to Bailey.
Vosolo was wearing only thong underwear when he was arrested by police. A search of Vosolo’s vehicle resulted in the seizure of several sex toys, Halloween masks and head lamps, according to state police.
According to state police Vosolo has no previous convictions. But in 1988 he admitted to sufficient facts that he had been driving drunk, according to Hernon.
Hernon said while a Total Entertainment employee bailed Vosolo out of custody Wednesday, the company immediately terminated his employment based on his arrest.
A representative of the Danvers-based Total Entertainment said Vosolo had previously worked as a tent installer and truck driver. When asked if he had also worked as a child entertainer, the representative would not comment.
According to Vosolo’s LinkedIn profile, a professional networking website, he lists himself as an event manager for Total Entertainment. Over the years, Vosolo has attended numerous functions across the state dressing up as Uncle Sam, Elvis Presley and other characters. Various photos on newspaper websites show him dressed as a clown, marching in a Swampscott parade and posing with Red Sox legend Bill Lee at a community event in Ipswich.
This pos is a children’s entertainer. Aside from this the article is hilarious. Jumping in naked into a truck driver’s cab?
Could be a John Waters movie... too bad Divine is dead because he/she/it could have played the perp. Pink Flamingos II: Massachusetts.
Just be reading the title and nothing else....WHICH CLOWN?
Clinton?
Obozo?
Barney Frank?
I just had a scary thought.
John Gacy.
Worked as a children’s clown and did stuff like this until he was caught.
lucky he still has his tail attached...
o/~ Send in the clowns... o/~
But, this wouldn’t happen if we’d only let “gays” get married... oh, wait.
John Gacy.
Worked as a children’s clown and did stuff like this until he was caught.
I wonder if it is something in the face paint . . .
Gives new meaning to BJ and the Bear.
NO NO NO!
Always throw drugs and paraphernalia out of your car on the side AWAY from the police car. Didn't they teach you ANYTHING in school???
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