Woman Arrested After Police Say She Made Drunken, Lewd Comments to the Easter Bunny

A woman in Mansfield, Ohio, was arrested on Saturday after police say she drunkenly made lewd comments to the Easter Bunny before taking a ride on the carousel.

According to the Mansfield News Journal, police said a 54-year-old woman was having her picture taken with the Easter Bunny while intoxicated at the Richland Carrousel Park when she allegedly made lewd comments at the celebrated, chocolate-loving bunny. She then rode the carousel.

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Mansfield Police said that the woman was unsteady on her feet and slurred her speech, ABC11 reported. Other witnesses also allegedly told police they thought she was intoxicated.

The woman was arrested for drunkenness and taken to Richard County Jail. A search of Richland County Jail's roster online suggested that she had been released.

The Mansfield Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment.

A post written by "The Easter Bunny" on the Richland Carrousel Park's website the day after the alleged incident said that photos cost $5 and that people can take a ride on the carousel while they wait for them to be printed. "My bunch of carrots were very good and I have lots of energy," the bunny wrote.

The Richland Carrousel Park website says that at the time of its opening in 1991, it was the first new, hard-carved carousel in America since the 1930s.

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