Tom Connolly
Posted on 11/15/2006 9:52:11 AM PST by NormsRevenge
PORTLAND, Maine - A Democratic activist spotted on a highway overpass dressed as Osama bin Laden on Halloween faces additional charges for the stunt.
Tom Connolly was charged Wednesday with terrorizing and reckless conduct, in addition to the original charge of criminal threatening, prosecutor Stephanie Anderson said in a statement.
All three charges are misdemeanors.
"Halloween or not, in this day and age you do not get to dress as an international terrorist and wave what appears to be an AK-47 at rush hour traffic," Anderson said.
Connolly did not immediately return a call Wednesday.
Police responded to calls from motorists on Interstate 295 about a man on an overpass wearing a white robe and carrying a fake assault rifle. The costume included plastic dynamite and grenades, in addition to the toy assault rifle. Before he was arrested, Connolly walked toward officers as plastic grenades tumbled onto the ground, an officer said.
Connolly is fortunate that he wasn't shot, Anderson said. "Not only was it ill conceived, it was criminal behavior," he said.
Connolly, a lawyer, made headlines when he divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election. During the Democratic Convention, Connolly passed out "W is for Wiener" buttons. He also has been known to don a George W. Bush mask and dance for passing motorists.
sorry, no pics. (or are there?-)
The humor-challenged need help.
Tom Connolly
"Halloween or not, in this day and age you do not get to dress as an international terrorist and wave what appears to be an AK-47 at rush hour traffic," Anderson said.
There are some things in life that you would assume don't need to be spelt out!
PORTLAND, Maine -- The Democratic lawyer who donned an Osama bin Laden costume -- complete with toy assault rifle -- to make a political statement in South Portland on Halloween is facing additional charges over the incident.
http://www.wmtw.com/news/10325627/detail.html?rss=port&psp=news
Skerry and this guy should start a comedy team. They would really do well.
He is not just a Democrat Activist, he is a Democrat Lawyer
Here's to some pokey time... he can work on his act there
Police said the costume included plastic dynamite, grenades, and a replica of an AK-47 assault rifle. "The whole thing is just incredibly bizarre," said Police Chief Ed Googins. "It just crossed the line." The chief said there was no way to tell from a distance if the gun was real or fake. Connolly also was carrying a sign that said "I love TABOR," a reference to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights on the Maine ballot, but at least one person who saw it thought it said "I love the Taliban," Googins said.
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=5614570&nav=menu34_2_8_14
What a nutcase. I wonder what his DU name is.
Tom Connolly's Halloween Outfit at Portland Police Headquarters
Thanks for the mug shot,
I hope he likes beans, hot dogs and baloney sandwiches.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729707/posts
There might have been some back in the day when this happened in local papers. This was about TABOR which did not pass which this Maine attorney was Against.
Portland lawyer Tom Connolly, a failed 1998 Maine gubernatorial candidate and a Gore delegate at the Democrat convention in August, admitted he leaked information to the press about Bush's DUI but said he acted without the knowledge of the Gore campaign.
Connolly said someone who was in Biddeford District Court when Bush's 1976 case came up was concerned that it had never been reported and alerted "a public figure" about the case.
Connolly said he obtained a copy of a court docket of Bush's arrest, which he gave to a local television reporter.
But Abbott said the timing of the leak "has made people very skeptical" about what motivated Connolly, who did not act on his own.
"People will pursue the issue of where this came from. Someone had to look for this. It took a serious effort to get it. We'll definitely hear more about it here in Maine."
Abbott predicted the story would run its course over the weekend, but would eventually hurt the Gore campaign.
"It's of interest to people in the media, but the campaigns will get back focused on issues," he said.
Jim Tobin, a longtime Republican political strategist from Maine, thinks the effect on the election will be minimal. "People are going to see this for what it is, a Democratic dirty trick."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/11/3/154940.shtml
I hope he does hard time in the slammer.. Another Democrat Botched Joke!
He should be in trouble for this stunt but I cant help but laugh at his stupidity. Sounds like he is in training for a Darwin award.
Lawyer Tom Connolly sat in a police cruiser after he allegedly startled motorists yesterday in South Portland, Maine. (Gordon Chimbroski/ Portland Press Herald via Associated Press)
But...but.... it was just a botched joke!
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