Author Topic: Easter Bunny Gets His Ass Beat (Read 111 times)

mrtonguetwista · « **on:** March 26, 2005, 06:28:32 PM »

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. -- A teenager was arrested on charges of attacking a mall Easter Bunny.

David C. Velasquez, 16, was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony, and second-degree harassment, a violation, for a March 17 attack on the Rotterdam Square Mall Easter Bunny, police in Rotterdam announced Friday.

Police said Velasquez jumped the bunny, causing $600 in damage to the bunny's suit. The man inside the suit, who has not been identified, was uninjured. Police did not give a motive for the attack.

Officials with the Schenectady-area mall said the bunny is taking the incident in stride.

"I'm sure a lot of people will come in and give him hugs," mall marketing director Jennifer Austin said, "because of everything he's been through."