crimes and misdemeanors

Molesting Mario Is the New Anti-Semitic Elmo

He’s a little lower profile than the ranting red Muppet impersonator who’s since decamped to San Francisco, but the Mario look-alike accused of groping a woman’s thigh is in the running to take over the mantle of creepiest Times Square character. Cops arrested Damon Torres, 34, for forcible touching after he allegedly grabbed a woman’s leg in front of the Conde Nast Building (not for the first time, a security guard told the New York Daily News). Fortunately for the Nintendo tourist set, there are two other Marios working the area. Just make sure you get the right one.

Molesting Mario Is the New Anti-Semitic Elmo