When the Naked Cowboy’s arrest at this year’s Bike Week generated national headlines, it also jump-started interest in one of the many spin-off products bearing the veteran street performer’s likeness.
Naked Cowboy bobbleheads now compete for attention with pop culture icons such as the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, an assortment of professional sports franchises and politicians on the website of Kollectico, a collectible production and distribution company based in Long Island, New York.
“We’ve started to see a little uptick in sales,” Andrew Hazen, the company’s founder and CEO, said of the Naked Cowboy bobblehead that depicts the New York City-based undie-clad busker and his red, white and blue guitar next to a street sign for Times Square and Broadway.
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Theft, caller reported storage unit break-in, Prairie Road NE, Carlos.
Suspicious person, West Lake Cowdry Road NW.
Assist other agency, Interstate 94, mile marker 115, Osakis.
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Suspicious activity, caller reported someone with a fake ID, citation issued, County Road 82 NW.
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DAYTONA BEACH Naked Cowboy Robert Burck might have received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Main Street for Bike Week’s closing weekend, but the street performer and media coverage of his arrest on panhandling charges are receiving harsh reviews from Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young.
Young on Sunday tweeted strong criticism of homophobic slurs and racial comments made by Burck during his arrest on March 6 for violating the city of Daytona Beach’s panhandling ordinance as he did his act on Main Street.
The chief also criticized The News-Journal for “slanted” reporting in stories tied to the arrest.
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Show Transcript KICKS OFF ITS FIRST NIGHT. IT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF BIKE WEEK HERE IN DAYTONA BEACH AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PROBABLY HERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIKERS ALREADY IN TOWN. BIKE WEEK 2021 OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF FRIDAY. AND WITH IT CAME THOUSANDS OF BIKERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GOOD WEATHER. NOTHING BUT ACTIVITIES. SOMETHING TO DO AND JUST ENJOY SOME TIME OFF. LAST YEAR BIKE WEEK WAS ABRUPTLY ENDED EARLY AS CORONAVIRUS BEGAN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR CITY OFFICIALS VOTED 6 TO 1 TO ALLOW THE EVENT EVEN AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES. YOU KNOW AS LONG AS WE SOCIAL DISTANCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND STAY SAFE AS MUCH AS WE CAN I THINK IT’LL BE A GOOD TIME. FLORIDA IS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWING LARGE EV