Tossing the Old Pig(skin)

Suffern, New York, February 1, 2007:

When pigs fly, indeed. Ronatarian Party leader Ron, of Jersey City (N.J.), has been fined $279 for tossing a pig over the counter at the Holiday Inn in Suffern on January 19. Ron pleaded no contest Wednesday in county court to a charge of disturbing the peace.

Rockland County Police Lt. Jon Weiss has said Ron didn't know the employees of the hotel. There was no evidence intoxication was a factor, which is strange for a case involving Ron or his so-called political party supporters.

No one was hurt, including the pig, officers said.

"This was the silliest thing I've ever seen," Weiss said. "Almost every officer we had was involved because the incidents kept happening at different hours."

Weiss said Ron was accused of walking into the hotel and throwing the 60-pound pig over the counter.

"He said it was a prank," Weiss said. "It must be some sort of Jersey thing, because I haven't ever heard of anything like it."

Weiss said there have been four late-night incidents involving animal-tossing at Suffern businesses. Twice a pig was tossed and two of the incidents involved possums. No concrete link to Ron has been found in those other cases, but officers suspect he had a hand in each of the "pranks."

All four of the disturbances took place between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., Weiss said.

Weiss concluded by saying that the incident "won't be on [Ron's] personal record, but that guy had better be careful his stupidity doesn't land him in deeper trouble somewhere down the line."

Posted by Bittle at February 1, 2007 03:57 PM

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