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Cops bag bawdy bather, brawlers and other dips at city pools - NY Daily News
The heat wave sent tempers flaring and hormones raging at pools across the city last week.
More than a dozen people were arrested at public swimming pools for fighting and other bad behavior, including a 21-year-old woman in a thong swimsuit who gyrated against a pole at Highbridge Pool in Washington Heights and asked passersby to smack her behind, police and park advocates said.
Raiz Nunez, 21, was charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest after she turned the pool into her own personal strip club last Tuesday, cops said.
Nunez, sporting a pink thong and white sandals, grabbed a railing by the pool and “performed a striptease act,” police said.
She urged swimmers to give her bottom a smack — and some people obliged, while others left the pool in disgust, police said Monday.
Efforts to reach Nunez Monday were unsuccessful.
The New York City Park Advocates news site, “A Walk in the Park,” first reported the incident.
When she was told to leave, Nunez went ballistic, cops said.
“Don’t hate because I have a body and look good!” she screamed, cops said.
But a poolside witness said the scantily-clad swimmer had a boxy "Sponge Bob" figure — not an enviable hourglass body.
A witness scoffed that “she was crazy-looking.”
Nunez ended up on the ground when cops tried to escort her away from the pool and a scuffle ensued, the witness told the Daily News.
The police had trouble handcuffing the swimmer because she was slippery with suntan lotion, the witness added. She returned to the pool in the same outfit Saturday and was turned away, the witness said.
The bizarre arrest was just one in a series of incidents that continued through the hot weekend, A Walk in The Park reported, citing various city sources.
The heat wave sent tempers flaring and hormones raging at pools across the city last week.
More than a dozen people were arrested at public swimming pools for fighting and other bad behavior, including a 21-year-old woman in a thong swimsuit who gyrated against a pole at Highbridge Pool in Washington Heights and asked passersby to smack her behind, police and park advocates said.
Raiz Nunez, 21, was charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest after she turned the pool into her own personal strip club last Tuesday, cops said.
Nunez, sporting a pink thong and white sandals, grabbed a railing by the pool and “performed a striptease act,” police said.
She urged swimmers to give her bottom a smack — and some people obliged, while others left the pool in disgust, police said Monday.
Efforts to reach Nunez Monday were unsuccessful.
The New York City Park Advocates news site, “A Walk in the Park,” first reported the incident.
When she was told to leave, Nunez went ballistic, cops said.
“Don’t hate because I have a body and look good!” she screamed, cops said.
But a poolside witness said the scantily-clad swimmer had a boxy "Sponge Bob" figure — not an enviable hourglass body.
A witness scoffed that “she was crazy-looking.”
Nunez ended up on the ground when cops tried to escort her away from the pool and a scuffle ensued, the witness told the Daily News.
The police had trouble handcuffing the swimmer because she was slippery with suntan lotion, the witness added. She returned to the pool in the same outfit Saturday and was turned away, the witness said.
The bizarre arrest was just one in a series of incidents that continued through the hot weekend, A Walk in The Park reported, citing various city sources.