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Butcher Arrested For Displaying His Meat Off LI Expressway

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Photo by Ryan McGinley
Not generally known for its scenic views, drivers along the Long Island Expressway over the last two weeks have been getting an eyeful from a man who has been walking naked along the side of the road in Suffolk County. After reports of his nudity had poured in on eight of the previous nine days, police finally caught up with Joseph Galigano coming out of the woods near Exit 57 on the LIE in Yaphank on Thursday night. Galigano rushed to get away and drove his jeep onto the wrong side of the road, but quickly surrendered to cops. The 39-year-old butcher was charged with public lewdness, disorderly conduct, reckless driving and several vehicle and traffic violations. Newsday reports that Galigano has a previous charge of public lewdness along with endangering the welfare of a child back in 1997. After being arrested, he told police that he had personal problems and that his streaking was "some kind of rush for him."

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  • r1b2

    This fellow should be careful of Lyme disease. A tick's bite there? Yowza!

  • just saying

    A butcher? I wouldn't touch his meat with a 10 foot pole.

  • NannyState

    Drivers commented that it was boneless.

  • Stewart

    Yaphank is by exit 67, not 57.

  • Billy, Admit it: You LIVE to write headlines like that...

    ;)

  • TheKlaus

    Instead of crediting Alexander Artemev's flickr for that photo, you should probably credit the actual photographer ryan mcginley. This photograph was also the cover of the Sigur Ros album "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust"

    http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/medsud-artwork.php

    Just sayin.

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