'Evil Elmo' who spouted anti-Semitic bile while dressed as Sesame Street character is jailed for $2million plot to blackmail the Girl Scouts

Dan Sandler had pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and stalking

He was accused of threatening to reveal false information about Girl Scouts

He was said to have send barrage of emails to employee demanding money

He was arrested last year for anti-semitic rant in Times Square in Elmo suit



A homeless man who was dubbed 'Evil Elmo' after preaching anti-Semitic slurs while dressed as the Sesame Street character has been jailed for a plot to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts.

Dan Sandler made headlines last year after amateur video emerged of him dressed in the furry-red costume and urging listeners to read The International Jew, a pamphlet of racist musings by car tycoon Henry Ford in the 1920s.

Following his arrest, the street performer took his act to San Francisco where he was apparently filmed 'trying to hug kids' in the city's popular Richmond district.



Today's sentence comes a month after he pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and misdemeanor stalking as part of a deal with prosecutors over an attempt to blackmail the Girl Scouts.

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'Evil Elmo': Dan Sandler was spotted in San Francisco's Richmond district 'trying to hug kids' and was once a fixture at Fisherman's Wharf, where he earned his keep posing for photographs with tourists

First arrest: Sandler was arrested last year in Times Square while wearing the Sesame Street character costume as he embarked on an anti-Semitic tirade

Sandler was accused of threatening to publicize false information about the Girl Scouts unless he got the money.



Prosecutors say he sent harassing emails and photos to an employee of the nonprofit organisation.

Sandler was arrested last year in Times Square while wearing the "Sesame Street" character costume and shouting anti-Semitic slurs.

Passers-by took videos of the man who refused to quiet down after pleading parents said that he was disturbing their children.

He was also arrested in New York's Central Park where he performed a similar stunt.



After tormenting park goers, the man was removed by police and taken by ambulance to New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

In a video of the rant, shot by a passer by, he is seen ranting about a whole circle of problems.

Unphased: He was also arrested in New York's Central Park where he performed a similar stunt (left) but was taken to hospital in an ambulance (right)



'Get a real job, you're irritating kids,' one parent is seen saying to the costumed man.



'I'm not making money because the Jewish cops have got to keep harassing me!' he responds.



'If you start your own business in this city, Jews will harass you!'

He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. A defense attorney has said his rants weren't a real threat.

In October of 2012, he was spotted in San Francisco's Richmond district 'trying to hug kids' and was once a fixture at Fisherman's Wharf, where he earned his keep posing for photographs with tourists.



Speaking to CBS 5 in costume at the time, Sandler admitted he was deported from Cambodia in 1999 for running a pornography website called 'Welcome to the Rape Camp.'



'I did a website 12 years ago in Cambodia, over 18 (year old) chicks, so it's not even a crime,' he told the channel.