Posted on 03/11/2002 7:29:27 AM PST by Texaggie79
Authorities in New York are charging a bar owner for holding a 'dwarf-throwing' competition.
Police and agents with the State Liquor Authority raided Long Island's Odyssey bar which had around 200 customers inside.
The 3ft stuntmen don't face charges because it's their living, police say. The contest was abandoned without a winner.
Officers say contestants paid $10 to throw the stunt men. There was an undisclosed cash prize for the person who achieved the longest throw, Newsday reports.
Detective Bruce Pescitelli of Amityville police says the practice is illegal in New York State. Bar owner Tony Alfano faces up to $600 dollars in fines if convicted.
"They had an area of the bar where they had put two air mattresses, and the dwarfs or midgets, whatever you would like to call them, wore protective helmets," the officer said. "Two dwarfs were being tossed."
The two men who were thrown, Dominic Lucci and Lester Green, don't face criminal charges. "This is their livelihood - it's how they make money," Det Pescitelli added.
The contestants don't face charges either.
'Dwarf-throwing', which is legal in some states, is rare on Long Island, Det Pescitelli says.
"I've been doing this for 18 years, and this is the first time," he said. "It was definitely a different kind of night."
damn...that's where I got my E-Mail funnies for the day...oh well...life goes on...sniff....
FMCDH
Hahahaha, what happened?
Yeah, but the police are short on evidence.
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