The Houston Chronicle reports that a Judge has ordered three men accused of soliciting prostitutes to wear chicken suits in lieu of a 30-day prison sentence.
The Best Little Whorehouse is not in Painesville.
And Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti, known for dispensing unusual sentences, doesn’t want one sprouting in his small town.
So Cicconetti ordered three men charged with soliciting sex to take turns dressing in a bright yellow chicken costume while carrying a sign that reads “No Chicken Ranch in Painesville.”
The sign and costume refer to the “World Famous Chicken Ranch,” a brothel in Nevada where sex-for-money is legal. The costume was borrowed from a woman who wears it to cheer patients at a local hospice.
Daniel Chapdelaine, 40, of Perry Township; Martin Soto, 44, of Ashtabula; and Fabian Rodriguez-Ramirez, 29, of Painesville; all pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of soliciting sex from an undercover Painesville police officer earlier this summer.
Cicconetti agreed to suspend a 30-day jail sentence if they wear the costume between 4 and 7 p.m. today outside Painesville City Court.
“We’re trying to send a strong message that we won’t tolerate this activity in the city,” said Painesville probation supervisor David Washlock.
It’s not the first time that Cicconetti has used barnyard animals in his sentences.
He ordered a man who called a policeman a “pig” to stand next to a live pig in a pen and hold a sign that read, “This Is Not a Police Officer.”
A couple who stole a baby Jesus statue from a manger were sentenced to dress as Mary and Joseph and walk with a donkey.
