Photos: Characters in trouble on Hollywood Boulevard

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrest a man in a Spider-Man outfit after he allegedly assaulted a man on Hollywood Boulevard in 2009.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 27, 2015 3:01 PM PT

Elmo impersonator Donn Harper was arrested by undercover police on allegations of soliciting tips on Hollywood Boulevard.

(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)