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Author Topic: Vaseline Vandalism Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-19-2004 05:32 PM                  Oh My! Just when you think you've heard it all... the below comes from AP via WFLS. -------------------------------------------------------- Vaseline Vandalism McLean man charged with smearing hotel room full of Vaseline The Associated Press WFLS News Date published: 5/17/2004 (Binghamton, New York-AP) -- A Fairfax County man is under arrest in upstate New York, where he's accused of a rather unusual crime. Roger Chamberlain of McLean allegedly smeared Vaseline all over a hotel room. And we mean all over. The manager of a Motel 6 near Binghamton, New York, says after Chamberlain checked out, the maid found Vaseline on the bedding, mattresses, TV, furniture, towels, carpeting -- you name it. In the garbage can, police say they found 14 empty containers of the petroleum jelly -- along with various X-rated magazines. Damage to the room is put at more than one-thousand dollars. Authorities caught up with Chamberlain at another motel, where they say they found him smeared from head to toe in Vaseline. He was jailed on a charge of felony criminal mischief. (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) -------------------------------------- Sounds like a slippery character to me.... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 05-19-2004 08:16 PM                    I fail to see how any crime was committed if he was the legal occupant of the room. I'm sure the fine print of renting the hotel room and/or the applicable hospitality laws make him liable for damages in excess of ordinary wear so make him pay for it and that's that. I'm sure if there was something in those same laws that would apply they would have charged him accordingly but there must not be for them to use the charge they did. Sorry but "felony criminal mischief" just sounds like one of those catch-all laws that enable to police to charge whomever they want whenever they want for whatever reason they wish.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-19-2004 08:22 PM                     Wow what a surprise Phil reports on this topic!  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 05-19-2004 08:26 PM                     hmm,, kinky! I agree with Steve. I'd think that normally the hotel would just tack the damages onto your bill. I really don't see the point of involving police, and then printing the guys name in the paper is uncalled for. danny  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-19-2004 08:36 PM                     I'd say that someone slipped up in that Hotel and let the guy in in the first place.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Chris Medley Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: McKinney, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-20-2004 02:21 AM                        The class before me did this as a senior prank sorta...they came in early and put vaseline on all the rails on the stairs and all the door knobs...pretty much anything that people grabbed or rubbed up against...lots of ruined clothes and zero humor  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-20-2004 02:28 AM                        I thought you meant somebody vandalised the Vaseline by putting sand in it or something that creates what we call an organ grinder  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-20-2004 03:00 AM                        I am wondering what you say when the police walks in and you stand there, covered in vaseline from head to toe... That doesn`t sound too gross though, compared to what I heard about people who smear crap everywhere!  |  IP: Logged Steven Privett Expert Film Handler Posts: 208 From: Pasadena, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 05-20-2004 04:12 AM                    That guys got too much time (and vaseline) on his hands. I'm talking about Phil, not the motel guy.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 05-20-2004 09:11 AM                     It would have been a better story if he had used Tiger Balm  |  IP: Logged

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