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West Village's Rogue Pisser Arrested, City Safe Again
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 4, 2011
Modified Sep 4, 2011
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Published Sep 4, 2011
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In what is surely good news for defenseless, parked SUVs and ammonia-hating foliage everywhere, the West Village's "rogue pisser" was apprehended yesterday and charged with assault and resisting arrest. Last month, we were treated to surveillance video of 30-year-old Brownsville resident William Green peeing on an SUV on Christopher Street 4:45 a.m. and then escaping the clutches of police officers. The Daily News doesn't detail exactly how Green was caught, but our sources tell us that his piddle was picked out of a lineup after he made the crucial mistake of eating asparagus again.
Granted, Christopher Street has seen an uptick in crime recently, and peeing in public places is gross. But maybe the NYPD should devote as much attention to finding serial rapists as they do illicit pissers?
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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