Yesterday, Mark Toner of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it was cancelling funding for the Pakistani version of Sesame Street.

FORBES: Killing 'Sesame Street' In Pakistan

Quiroz-Lopez was dressed as the Cookie Monster character to make money by posing for photos with passersby, according to police, who added that there was no connection between the man and the TV series "Sesame Street, " which counts Cookie Monster among its characters.

CNN: NYPD: For this 'Cookie Monster,' it was 'Me want money!'