Police cracked down on Times Square’s menacing pack of costumed creeps over the weekend after a Spider-Man punched an NYPD officer — busting five more panhandlers and trailing many others to warn tourists about them. 
 
 “They’re like little terrorists preying on all the tourists,” a disgusted law-enforcement source said of the pushy panhandlers. 
 
 Cops got tough after Junior Bishop, dressed as Spider-Man, allegedly flew into a violent rage when rookie cop Eduardo Molina confronted him about charging tourists a whopping $10 per picture Saturday. 
 
 The Naked Black Cowboy, whose real name is Titus Gandy, was busted when he showed up at the Midtown South Precinct to check on his buddy Bishop, sources said. 
 
 The skivvy-wearing character was nabbed on an open warrant — and charged with drug possession after cocaine was found in his wallet during a frisk, sources said. 
 
 Four other characters also were collared in a Times Square sweep Saturday night, including Captain America, Jessie the cowgirl from “Toy Story’’ and another Spider-Man, sources said. 
 
 Gandy, 22, who was released on a desk-appearance ticket, was back trolling the Crossroads of the World in his white underwear and cowboy hat Sunday. He denied he’d been arrested. 
 
 “I think the police are great,” Gandy said. “They haven’t done anything to me. I like to keep to myself and do my job.” 
 
 Also arrested Saturday night were Hortencia Alagia, 42, and Luis Salinas, 20 — both charged with disorderly conduct — and Jeanmark Banga, 36, and Wilmar Suarez, 30, for aggressive panhandling, cops said. 
 
 Salinas, aka Captain America, was released without bail Sunday. 
 
 “I didn’t do anything,” he said later. “I was standing by Spider-Man, who punched a cop, and then four cops came over and arrested me. I didn’t struggle, I’m 20. I let them arrest me,” he said. 
 
 Warning: Video contains profanity. 
 
 Bishop, 25 — who previously panhandled as a Cookie Monster — was arraigned hours earlier on charges of felony assault, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. He was held in lieu of $3,500 bail. 
 
 While in custody, the faux web-slinger lost his superhero cool, screaming, “F–k that!” at cops when they tried to fingerprint him, sources said. He finally complied an hour later. 
 
 Throughout the day, cops were keeping a watchful eye on other pesky mascots in Times Square. 
 
 The officers issued reminders to unsuspecting tourists that they’re not obligated to tip the characters for photos — in between posing for pictures themselves with eager tourists. 
 
 “They accept tips. But you don’t have to pay them,” the cops advised families posing with a Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Hello Kitty and Woody from “Toy Story” on 46th Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway. 
 
 The costumed impersonators griped that the NYPD was ruining their livelihoods. 
 
 “I would think [twice] about letting my kids take a picture with them.” - Josefina Martinez 
 
 “The cops are on top of us all the time, telling people to not give us tips, which is not fair,” said a man dressed as Bane from “Batman.” 
 
 “It’s not easy. It’s a job. [But] people are generous sometimes, and they appreciate the work that we do.” 
 
 Some New Yorkers said they were repelled by the skeevy masked characters. 
 
 “That makes New Yorkers look pretty bad,” said mom of three Josefina Martinez, 47, of The Bronx, referring to Bishop’s bust. 
 
 “You don’t want someone who’s just come from jail to take a picture with your kid. 
 
 “I would think [twice] about letting my kids take a picture with them.” 
 
 Additional reporting by Lia Eustachewich, Kathryn Cusma, Aaron Feis and Kirstan Conley ||||| NEW YORK (AP) — A man dressed as Spider-Man was arrested on charges he slugged a police officer who told him to stop harassing tourists in Times Square. 
 
 Junior Bishop, 25, of Brooklyn, was charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and criminal mischief. 
 
 The New York Police Department said the officer assaulted Saturday — an 18-month veteran and one of about 50 officers patrolling the bustling tourist area — stepped in after Bishop demanded at least $5 from a woman he posed for a picture with, instead of the $1 tip she offered. 
 
 Police said a costumed Bishop "put out his hand and told the woman 5s, 10s or 20s only." Police said the officer told him he could only accept tips — not require payment. 
 
 Bishop yelled and cursed at the officer, police said, and told him: "Mind your own (expletive) business." 
 
 Police said the officer asked for identification and, when Bishop failed to produce any, moved to arrest him. 
 
 Bishop broke free and punched the officer in the face, police said, causing a cut and eye swelling. 
 
 The officer, whose name was not released, was treated and released at New York University's Langone Medical Center. 
 
 Other officers arrived and hauled Spider-Man away. 
 
 Bishop's mother answered the phone at their Brooklyn home late Saturday and said he was not home. She said she was not aware of his work in Times Square or his arrest. Information on Bishop's lawyer was not available. 
 
 The arrest of Spider-Man, as police referred to Bishop throughout a matter-of-fact news release, came weeks after the New York City Council said it was considering legislation to regulate the costumed characters in Times Square. 
 
 It was the latest in a series of incidents involving men behind the masks. 
 
 In the last two years, a man dressed as Cookie Monster was charged with shoving a 2-year-old, a person attired in Super Mario's overalls was accused of groping a woman and an Elmo figure pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after unleashing an anti-Semitic tirade. 
 
 Last month a different Spider-Man was convicted of harassment for a February 2013 episode in which he cursed and complained that a woman did not tip him after posing for a photograph with her children. Phillip Williams later punched the woman in the face and knocked her to the ground — out of self-defense, he said — after she hurled snow at him. 
 
 The bill under City Council consideration would require licenses and background checks for costumed performers but copyright issues have held up final approval, since most of the costume wearers are not authorized by the characters' owners. 
 
 Police Commissioner William Bratton last week endorsed the measure to combat what he called Times Square's "Elmo issues."
– You’re supposed to be helping the NYPD, Spider-Man and friends—not giving them grief. Junior Bishop, aka Spidey, was arrested this weekend in Times Square on charges involving drug possession and slugging a cop in the face, but he was soon joined by Captain America, the Naked Black Cowboy, Toy Story’s Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl, and another Spider-Man. They were all busted Saturday night for charging tourists exorbitant prices for meet-and-greet pics and/or disorderly conduct, reports the New York Post. "They’re like little terrorists preying on all the tourists," a law enforcement source says. A recent New York Times article delved into how the Big Apple has been cracking down on the city’s aggressive panhandlers, which even include men dressed as Buddhist monks and women as Taoist nuns. The nonprofit Times Square Alliance is calling for more stringent licensing for street characters it calls "violent and aggressive" with "troubling criminal records," says CBS New York. Some of the costumed racketeers bemoan the cops’ interference: A man dressed as Batman nemesis Bane tells the Post that officers "are on top of us all the time, telling people to not give us tips, which is not fair." But people on the street seem to be relieved the NYPD is taking care of business. "You don’t want someone who’s just come from jail to take a picture with your kid," one mom says.