Joseph Carnevale was recently arrested in Raleigh, NC for his roadside Barrel Monster prank/installation. The AP reports:
RALEIGH, N.C. – When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.
Raleigh, N.C., police just saw vandalism.
They dismantled the 10-foot “barrel monster” and arrested Carnevale. Hundreds of online supporters want the charges dropped and the publicity has turned the history major and part-time construction worker into a local celebrity.
Even the construction company has become a fan, and wants the 21-year-old to create a replica of the figure that led to his arrest on June 10.
Wow. Very impressive!
Good job Mr Carnevale, not sure why the police are taking this one so seriously. Lighten up
Wow – talk about a power trip… “Even the construction company has become a fan, and wants the 21-year-old to create a replica of the figure that led to his arrest”: The construction company, the rightful owner of the barrels, DOESN’T MIND. More to the point, they actually liked it! No harm done on either end, no one wants to press charges.
Even though the crime is destruction of property, the owners of said property should have authority over it, not the cops. If the property owners are fine with it, which they obviously are, the cops should have nothing to do with the matter, and should especially not jail the kid for it.
Despite this being hilarious he still deserves to be prosecuted. He stole the barrels. If the owner decides not to press them, so be it, but don’t paint the police as the culprits here. If they didn’t make an example of the kid then a hundred more things like this would happen in the next week.
In the end, though, it’s beneficial for all sides. This guy possibly does community service(always good) and the owner gets publicity(although I’m not sure that it matters to his particular position all that much, really. Who doesn’t know about these things already?).
i think that no harm was realy done that it was actuly quite neat 🙂