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[Mary Fleming] says Taylor pled guilty just a few days after being cited, and paid roughly a $300 fine. ([Milton Barr] sayj he reimbursed Taylor for the fine.) Barr, on the other hand, never entered a plea of any kind - and officials did nothing about it. To this day, nearly three years after the citation was issued, "the warrant for Barr's arrest has never been printed or served," Fleming says. "[BBI] sent [the citation] over Dec. 5, 2005, then we waited and waited."
HRC records show that Barr filled out an "Application for Exterior Work" on June 15, pledging "to work with the HRC to create and maintain an attractive mural." But on June 18, Fleming says Barr failed to appear at his court hearing. And that's when [Gene Ricciardi] levied the $200,000 fine.When he first learned that Mirage, which owns the TMNT copyright, was planning to sue, Barr was confused. "They can't sue what's in my mind and, in my mind, I am a Ninja Turtle," he told City Paper in March 2006 [City Paper, "Shell Gamer," March 16, 2006].See the full content of this document
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Fine Mess
IN 2005, Milton Barr used lots of green paint to cover the exterior of 1020 East Carson St. with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mural. But he may need a lot more green - about $200,000 more - to erase the fines he incurred by doing so.
Barr, 21, closed his South Side arcade and video-rental store, MIB Ninja Entertainment, in August. The lime-green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mural has since been covered with dark-red and brown p...See the full content of this document
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