NYC’s ‘Evil Elmo’ Now Tormenting California Tourists as Cookie Monster

“S” is creepy.

The infamous street performer, once known for his anti-Semitic rants dressed as Elmo in Times Square, is now terrorizing tourists in Santa Cruz dressed as Cookie Monster, police said.

Adam Sandler, 59, turned off the Sesame Street switch before rushing to get a tip on the city’s picturesque pier, where he shouted obscenities and taunted patrons, police told SF Gate.

Police have warned people not to “make contact” with the costumed freak after receiving reports that he scares people by yelling at them and voicing angry conspiracy theories.

Sandler became a well-known Big Apple villain in September 2012 when he was arrested for making wild anti-Jewish rants at the Crossroads of the World. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and earned the nickname “Evil Elmo”.

In 2013, he was sentenced to a year behind bars for an equally insane crime of attempting to extort $2 from Girl Scouts in Manhattan before eventually heading West and changing his puppet identity, according to the publication.

Cali cops warn people to avoid the creepy Cookie Monster at all costs.

“Stay away from him,” Santa Cruz police spokeswoman Joyce Blaschke told KRON4.

“We get calls from people who say he’s ‘creepy’. Based on his history, we advise the public not to engage with this man,” she said, adding that he was not arrested for a crime related to the alleged stalking.

The street performer, sometimes referred to as Dan Sandler, was arrested in 2014 in San Francisco, where he occasionally worked in costume at Fisherman’s Wharf.

In this case, he threatened a San Francisco food vendor, reportedly yelling at her, “I’m going to rip out your throat.”

“He keeps ranting, rampaging and accusing people of conspiracy theories,” Troy Campbell, then chief executive of the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District, said at the time. “He scares visitors and locals. Whatever business he does, he’s having a terrible day.”