It appears that Batman, Spiderman, Marilyn Monroe, and the other people in my neighborhood might be involved in some shady activities... from blogging.la:
Via SoCal-dSLR:
---on the news they arrested 3 charactyers for strong arming people taking photos of them who did not tip the characters, police have a sting going because it has become such a problem with the characters going after the photographers that will not pay for taking photos.
Also:
---Last Saturday one of the Hollywood Blvd. hangout types... demanded money or a press pass from me ... I just walked away ... but if I was there with family/children ... I would have felt uncomfortable.