Clown arrested lurking near Kentucky apartments as scares spread to sixth US state

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Independent

Clown arrested lurking near Kentucky apartments as scares spread to sixth US state


The 20-year-old suspect was caught 'crouching in a wooded area' by local police before attempting to flee the area
Feliks Garcia New York |
@feliksjose |
8 hours ago|




Kentucky police have arrested yet another nefarious-looking clown as the number of states allegedly terrorised by these big top lurkers grows to six.

Middlesboro Police arrested 20-year-old Jonathan Martin, who is accused of “causing public alarm” outside an apartment complex in the town, 130 miles south of Lexington. Martin was crouching in a wooded area near the complex in a “full clown costume” and mask, according to police documents obtained by WDRB.

“Upon my stopping when I saw the clown, he started running towards a vehicle at Cumberland Village,” the arresting officer wrote in a report.

Martin’s arrest comes as reports of clowns stream into local police departments in as many as six states; so much, in fact, that other departments have taken to warning area residents against the stunt.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/clown-arrested-kentucky-lurker-sightings-6th-us-state-a7326566.html

[jberryhill]

1. There's one clown who has been all over the country scaring people!

[trusty elf]

10. ....

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[Judi Lynn]

13. That's fantastic! It's so right, in so many ways. Thank you.

[MADem]

14. OMG, that's fantastic!!!!! nt

[riversedge]

19. SPOT ON.

[Fast Walker 52]

22. awesome!

[bulloney]

25. That clown was in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio earlier this week, too.

[Ligyron]

27. Looks like Ted Cruz is slapping the cuff on too.

[bullwinkle428]

29. "And some of these clowns, I assume, are good people!"

[saltpoint]

57. LOL! eom

[TheSarcastinator]

32. does this mean we should refer to the basket of deplorables as

The Insane Clown Posse???

Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself....

[kwassa]

58. Homie don't play that.

[Granny M]

12. I blame Trump.

Now all the clowns think they can get away with it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. Bet this turns out to be a publicity stunt for a movie.

[Frank Cannon]

17. These clowns are lucky they haven't been shot.

In fact, I'm surprised that none of them have.

Hell of a way to make a living, if it's a publicity stunt.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. If so, they picked a bad employee for it - he had outstanding warrants for non-payment of fines

nd failure to appear in court.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028183254

[Midnight Writer]

3. Fools. No cell can hold a clown. Nothing will stop them.

[longship]

11. Sgt. Mooney will get them.

Nobody messes with Mooney and gets away with it! Nobody gets out of Mooney's jail.

[montana_hazeleyes]

4. This will make for an

interesting mug shot.

[ColemanMaskell]

5. Thanks for posting that. Finally not just rumors.

Even a photo. Maybe they'll get some information from the guy.

Could be a promotional stunt for a movie, but my guess is that it's something more sinister. Get people accustomed to acceptance of seeing people in disguise, then send out disguised people to do something pretty bad. Hope I'm wrong of course.

[christx30]

6. There is a new version of Stephen King's It coming out.

But your second possibility seems plausible though. I just don't think anyone would get used to seeing evil looking clowns, It's fun on Halloween, and that's pretty much it.

[T_i_B]

37. I've just started reading that book!

[christx30]

40. It's one of my favorites.

I read it in high school. It was about the same time that the miniseries came out. But yeah, scary clowns are not my favorite thing in the world.

[tblue37]

49. I suspect young a**h**es playing pranks to seem cool. nt

[christx30]

55. They need to arrest all of these guys

as much as they can and go over their internet history with a fine tooth comb. Could be kind of a flash-mob thing. A meme in it's infancy. Killer Klownz from Outer Space.

[LeftyMom]

7. Nobody would need to do that. If you want to hide you just dress up as janitorial or something.

Most people actively ignore menial laborers.

[C Moon]

8. What would the crime be? Lurking? Would that be enough for an arrest?

I don't know why I have sympathy for the guy; I guess I found the whole thing humorous.

[ronnie624]

9. Clowns aren't really that scary.

But ordinary people in a state of mass hysteria can be.

[T_i_B]

38. Coulrophobia sufferers will disagree with you about that

[ronnie624]

45. Coulrophobia:

an irrational fear of clowns.

Clowns for the most part, are harmless. People with torches and pitchforks scare me more.

[T_i_B]

46. Looking at the world right now...

....with the rise of Donald Trump and the UK voting to leave the EU among other things I wouldn't say that rationality counts for much these days. Coulrophobia is far easier to explain than those things.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

15. Clown Desensitization Program

If they become commonplace, they become normalized.

[Fast Walker 52]

23. can't tell if you're being serious or not, but those are creepy-ass clowns

the clowns are a weird phenomenon... is it like some sign of the apocalypse or something?

[Island Blue]

26. I'm pretty sure it was in the Bible.

When thou has seeneth six creepy clowns, thee shall knoweth that the end is near.

[christx30]

42. The third horn of Gabriel is actually a clown's nose.

Most people don't know that.

He honks the horn, a 4 mile deep crack appears in Nebraska. Scary stuff.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. So it's legal be an evil clown but not to dress like one?

I don't get the crime here.

[Fast Walker 52]

24. yeah, same here

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. Public nuisance, at least.

They lurk, they frighten people, one of them tried to lure a 12 yo child, it takes police time trying to help the people and track down what is going on.

[ronnie624]

33. The report about luring children turned out to be a hoax. n/t

[cstanleytech]

20. Dang, it said clown and I thought it meant Trump. nt

[Helen Borg]

21. With Trump running, all clowns now feel emboldened.

[rgbecker]

28. If it's illegal to dress up and go out in public...

It doesn't bode well for Halloween this year. Police will be very busy.

Was this guy armed? With Balloons?

[yallerdawg]

43. Not S. King - what about Rob Zombie?

[Old Vet]

34. I dont see anything funny at all about this...........

Can you imagine a child seeing this clown stalking around homes obviously trying to scare people. This situation has the potential to terrify a child or someone fatally hurting one of these asshole clowns. Where I live in the country of way upstate NY, It would end up violently, Not to mention any person, In a clown suit or not trespassing are dealt with harshly.

[Nitram]

35. When did dressing like a clown and loitering become a crime?

[Nitram]

39. Sounds like a practical joke, to me.

[Old Vet]

44. What would you do if you saw someone dressed like that walking around your yard?

Do you think your children would find this entertaining, Currently people are doing this to scare people. IMHO

[Nitram]

56. He wasn't walking around a yard. He was in the woods.

Most kids love to be scared. I did.

[MicaelS]

47. Sounds like a bunch of 4chan..

Doing it for "the lulz".

[olddad56]

48. those silly Trump surrogates

[Cryptoad]

51. When did it become

illegal for Clowns to Lurk?

[Mamajami]

53. Running from cops and not shot in the back? Wow! And a clown too.

Could have been a serial killer...but no shots fired. Think about it.