27
December
PERVERT CLOWN GETTING SECOND SHOT
A federal judge says Richard Hobbs, a 48 year old convicted pedophile, has the right to perform as a clown for adults and children at Playland in Rye. Manhattan federal Judge John Martin ruled that Hobbs was denied his First Amendment right to free speech when the county-owned facility told him he couldn’t perform his balloon-bending act in the park. In 2000 he had asked Playland for a permit but his request was denied by a park official who cited a regulation that bars soliciting in all Westchester County parks.