Man in Santa suit cited for open intoxicants
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SPARTA, Wis. — Santa Claus is in trouble with the law in one western Wisconsin city.
Police in Sparta say they cited a man dressed as Santa after witnesses told officers he stumbled out of a vehicle, approached several children playing in a yard, hugged them and demanded to know the whereabouts of his reindeer.
The man was cited for open intoxicants. The driver of the car in which he was riding was arrested for drunken driving.
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Dec 15, 2009 at 10:25 p.m.
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I wonder if "Santa" was Jeff Wood, doing his community service hours for a previous offense?
Dec 15, 2009 at 8:03 p.m.
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It's like a scene from the movie Bad Santa.
Dec 15, 2009 at 7:25 p.m.
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Only in Wisconskin.............
Dec 15, 2009 at 6:45 p.m.
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Dec 15, 2009 at 6:40 p.m.
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Typical stuff .... yeah ok it happens everyday, older drunk guy with dirty hands stinking of booze walking into a yard with kids hugging and scaring them, glad it doesn't happen around my house.
Dec 15, 2009 at 5:41 p.m.
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Just caught the raw video from the police car camera on the AP. Typical stuff except for the Santa suit. Tis the season.
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
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916wi: Maybe you should relax, where in my blog did I call this guy a pedophile? open your eyes. He was a drunk stranger hugging kids in a yard, don't parents tell their kids about strangers? Your sound like a very ignorant person and I hope you don't have kids bcuz in these days you can never be too careful with our kids ... maybe you should read the paper too, you have no idea how far this could have gone if someone wouldn't have called the cops.
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.
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Eh, Santa's havin' a tough year what with the elf layoffs and the PETA action that forced a significant limit on the hours that reindeer are allowed to fly per day! So what if he takes a few bracers now and then just to steady his nerves, and a few more to help him get some lousy sleep on these dark, depressing polar nights. And who doesn't need a few hugs now and then, and the sound of children's laughter to cheer 'em up a bit. At least he wasn't driving, or back on smack!
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:22 p.m.
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Relax justaguy--Nowhere in the story was it even suggested that this guy was a pedophile. Don't go off on the sickest tangent on what "could have" been when it obviously wasn't. If you apply that same logic, we should outlaw all Santa, Easter Bunny, Disney character, clowns, etc. impersonators.......The guy was obviously having a little fun. I'm sure the cops that arrested him got a laugh out of it too:)
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:11 p.m.
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"make bizzare comments about your reindeer"???? What was so "bizzare" about it? You wouldn't make a very good Santa...
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:02 p.m.
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napalm: Crawl out from under your rock and join the real world, maybe try listening to the news or read the paper on how some of our kids turn up missing or god forbid even dead. Don't act like such a MORON.
Dec 15, 2009 at 12:53 p.m.
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Anyone with an iota of common sense would know that you don't just jump out of a car, start hugging other people's children and make bizzare comments about your reindeer. Regardless of how you are dressed. Of course over indulgence in alcohol and common sense don't often go hand in hand.
Dec 15, 2009 at 12:04 p.m.
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I would check the Mathews Bow Company in Sparta for the deer.
My brother makes a wicked egg nog with lighter fluid- Charles Demar.
Dec 15, 2009 at 11:27 a.m.
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PBRMan: Your kidding right? if I found this drunk guy in my yard with his arms around my kid he'd be looking for more than his reindeer. Too many sick people out in the world to just trust anyone that comes stumbling out of his car and walk up to kids and starts hugging them. It's too bad we have to be careful but bad things happen. Wouldn't be so funny if this story was about a missing kid last seen getting dragged into a car with a guy dresses up as a santa.
Dec 15, 2009 at 11:06 a.m.
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kilgor, I was thinking along the same lines as you. Take away the Santa suit, and it's a drunk stranger hugging your children. Perhaps there was never any ill intent, but anyone who truly thinks this is good, clean fun never had children.
Dec 15, 2009 at 11 a.m.
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next thing we will hear is how he was looking to find a little ho ho ho for the season
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:57 a.m.
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This is my kind of Santa!!!!! Sparta police-- please let him go with an apology. He was probably just relieving some stress during what is typically a very busy time of year for him:)
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:54 a.m.
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Was his name Willie Stokes?
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:51 a.m.
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Kilgor720 - you are kidding right? Come on.
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No wonder Santa is jolly! He was "in the spirit" of Christmas in Wisconsin.....
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:24 a.m.
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OK, Now that's just scary and wrong on too many levels! What if he was a Pedophile or something? Not to mention those kids may end up having a bad fear of Santa from now on and require counseling for this. Bad Santa!!!
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:22 a.m.
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Bah Humbug.........Can't have any fun anymore.
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