The man dressed as the cookie monster from Sesame Street on California boardwalk terrorizes parents into getting their kids to take pictures with it.

Police have identified the man in his favorite blue suit who stalked Santa Cruz Beach and harassed visitors Adam Sandler59 years old, who is not related to the actor.

This isn’t the first time Sandler has used a furry monster disguise to scare people, ten years ago when he was called Dan Sandler he chased tourists dressed as another Sesame Street character.

In 2013, Sandler dressed up as “Evil Elmo” and harassed tourists in San Francisco, leading to his arrest and ban from the famous marina.

“It’s a scary monster, not a cookie monster,” said the Santa Cruz resident said KSBW. – We saw him at the beginning of the pier. At first glance it looked like it would be fun to take a selfie with him, but we were away from him and then we went behind the pier… and then we saw him come out and start making noise and getting in people’s faces.’

Sandler made headlines in 2012 after an amateur video surfaced of him in New York dressed as Elmo and shouting anti-Semitic slurs. In addition to his arrest in California in 2013, he was arrested in Time Square a year ago

Sandler has not committed any crimes in Santa Cruz, but officers warned people to stay away from the Cookie Monster impersonator because of his extensive criminal history.

“Allowing a child to take a photo with this character is the parent’s prerogative and risk,” SCPD wrote in a statement.

The police department added that they had received several calls and messages from residents about his “terrible” presence and comments.

Several adults stopped and took pictures with Sandler, while others kept their distance.

One concerned resident reported on Facebook that Sandler was yelling profanities at her family.

“He was inappropriately yelling at us about a conspiracy theory about Singapore,” wrote one woman. “I was with my 4-year-old.”

“He asked us if we wanted to take a picture with him and we said NO,” another woman added.

Resident Nick Padron didn’t seem to mind the blue furry monster and stopped by to chat with him.

“We’ve kept our distance, but I can’t see someone with a problem and not talk to them about Jesus for even a second,” Padron wrote on Facebook. “So I started a quick conversation saying that God is good. Taking a picture with him gave him a couple of bucks. Let him know. I will pray for him.”

The Santa Cruz Police Department said they received several calls and reports from residents about his “creepy” presence and comments

Several adults stopped and took pictures with Sandler, while others kept their distance

After his arrest, the street performer traveled to San Francisco, where he was apparently caught on video “trying to hug kids” in the popular Richmond neighborhood

Speaking to CBS 5 in a suit at the time, Sandler admitted he was deported from Cambodia in 1999 for running a pornographic website called “Welcome to the Rape Camp.”

He was then arrested in San Francisco for conspiring to extort $2 million from the Boy Scouts

Sandler made headlines in 2012 after an amateur video surfaced of him dressed as Elmo in New York and urging listeners to read The International Jew, a pamphlet of auto magnate Henry Ford’s racist musings in the 1920s.

Sandler was arrested in Time Square before fleeing to California.

He was then nicknamed “Evil Elmo” and arrested for conspiring to extort $2 million from the Boy Scouts.

Speaking to CBS 5 in a suit at the time, Sandler admitted he was deported from Cambodia in 1999 for running a pornographic website called “Welcome to the Rape Camp.”

“I made a website 12 years ago in Cambodia, over 18 (year-old) chicks, so it’s not even a crime,” he told the channel.

Sandler was sentenced to only eight months for attempted grand larceny and stalking.