BEYOND BIZARRE: California Man Arrested For Soliciting Teen To Spit In His Face For Cash; Police Say Crime Began On MySpace And Ended In A Sting Operation
UPDATED 4:27 P.M. ET (FEB. 8, 2012 U.S.A.) Charles Hersel informed the PP Blog today that he has been acquitted of the charges. The AP is confirming the acquittal.
Here, below, our earlier story . . .
A California man was arrested on charges he paid a teenager $31 to spit in his face, authorities said.
Charles Hersel, 39, of Thousand Oaks, was charged Wednesday night with the crime of “child annoying.” He was booked at the Ventura County Jail and released Thursday, after promising to appear in Ventura County Superior Court Dec. 21.
Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks and Thousand Oaks Police Chief Jeff Matson said the arrest was the result of a “sting operation.”
The alleged crime traces its roots to contacts Hersel made with teens on MySpace.com, a social networking site.
“[I]t didn’t take long for word to spread among local teens that they could get paid to spit in a man’s face,” police said. “Hersel has been paying young male Westlake High School students in cash to yell profanities at him, slap him in the face, and spit in his face.”
Police said Hersel also solicited teens to urinate and defecate on him, offering money in return.
Hersel’s apartment and computer were searched, police said.
The probe is ongoing. People with information about Hersel’s alleged activities are asked to call Det. Anthony Aguirre at 805-371-8309.
What a waste of money. All he had to do is say he was a lib and Bob G would have done it for free.
Bob never does anything for free except run his big mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C’mon now, be fair,
The Blowhard Bob/ASDMBA case is ENTIRELY different.
First, you pay HIM and then HE spits in YOUR face.
I was going to warn against BG jokes as too obvious but I see I am too late…
Who’s joking ????
is there any possible way to make a joke about Bob Guenther?
Sure,
there’s a joke involved with Guenther,
but it’s not anything anyone else has to say or do.
Bobbie limerick:
There was a man called Bobbie
Who had fraud as a hobbie
With other peoples money he spent
On things without their consent
It appeared to many to be daylight robberie
Patrick Pretty,
this is Charles Hersel. Please revise your article and replace any final and definitive statements that you make about me to allegedly. It is defamatory to state what the police say as a fact, when in fact they are making an allegation. Nothing is a fact, until it is proven legally. As such, I declare the allegations to be complete lies and they have not and will not be proven legally. Please revise your article at once. I will protect my legal rights to the fullest extent of the law, with reference to online internet defamation. Further, I will appreciate a story update, once these lies and allegations have been defeated.
Sincerely,
Charles Hersel
Charles,
The story stands as reported. It is attributed properly, and reported as an allegation.
Patrick
Patrick, I think Charlie here has been entering his name into google & putting more or less the same comment on many news stories. I notice this one where he hasn’t made the comment:
http://www.blackplanet.com/your_page/blog/view_posting.html?pid=469008
This story calls Charlie a “weird ass dicksneeze” but the story does use the word “allegedly”, so that probably makes it OK.
It’s also worth noting that Charlie is rated as 14th in the 15 Top Stupid Criminals of 2009. No. 15 was the drunk driver that reported herself, and No. 13 was someone flashing her breasts as passing cars. She ended up in hospital as a driver was distracted & didn’t stop.
Sounds like something that would be posted on:
http://www.fiverr.com/
What will people think of next?
LOL
Happy 4th of July to All of Patrick’s American Readers.
ARWR
What took chuckie so long to get to the party?
Dear Patrick Pretty,
this is Charles Hersel. I was acquitted yesterday of these charges of child annoyance by a unanimous verdict of not guilty at my jury trial yesterday. As such, the allegations of child annoyance have been found false and untrue. Please update this article with my victory at court and the clearing of all charges against me.
Thank You!
Charles Hersel
Charles,
What speaks the loudest here is you say you were acquited and the charges were cleared.
You never said you didn’t do it, just they you were found not guilty. Lack of evidence is a far cry from innocent. My 2 cents.