{"id":1696,"date":"2009-06-17T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/06\/dont-charge-joseph-carnevale\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T16:03:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T23:03:04","slug":"dont-charge-joseph-carnevale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/17\/dont-charge-joseph-carnevale\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Charge Joseph Carnevale"},"content":{"rendered":"

from MSNBC.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Barrel \u2018monster\u2019 gets N.C. student arrested<\/h1>\n

Police call it vandalism, but supporters say it\u2019s creative street art<\/h2>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Raleigh, N.C., police just saw vandalism.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least three Facebook support groups have formed to support Carnevale, including “Don’t Charge Joseph Carnevale,” boasting more than 800 members.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Raleigh police spokeswoman Laura Hourigan said the charges won’t be dropped, despite the company’s stance.<\/span><\/p>\n

[ click to read full article at MSNBC.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from MSNBC.com Barrel \u2018monster\u2019 gets N.C. student arrested Police call it vandalism, but supporters say it\u2019s creative street art   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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}