Traffic Barrel Monster Creator Arrested

[Deadly Sushi]

NC State student Joseph Carnevale, the artist behind the Traffic Barrel Monster, has been arrested for stealing the barrels and "cutting and screwing them together to make a statue," which apparently is a misdemeanor in North Carolina.
Carnevale goes by the name "uliveuburn" and has been a fixture in the Raleigh-area street art scene for a while, notable for his creation of the Boylan Bridge Angry Man. Given the similar theme and creativity it didn't take the local police long to decide the 21-year-old is to blame. The total cost of the damage has been estimated at $360 and a court case is scheduled for July 21st. (H/T to Nerium, Ray) [WRAL, The Smoking Gun]

 

[muleman]

Good way to get the fools to slow down in a construction zone!

 

[thcri]

Kind of neat. Creative if you ask me. They should give the guy an award for creating the monster and use them in more places.

 

[ddrane2115]

another of our stupid laws in action, let the guy alone, get over it, he created a neat peice

 

[benspawpaw]

drug dealers and child molesters run free while they looked for this guy

cops there had nothing better to do

 

[Deadly Sushi]

drug dealers and child molesters run free while they looked for this guy

cops there had nothing better to do

Most likely they had nightmares of the the Monster barrel.

 

[Gerard]

Kind of neat. Creative if you ask me. They should give the guy an award for creating the monster and use them in more places.

I agree but by arresting him, they will probably fine him and use his money to do it.