Duluth, Minn. Burglar Has Fetish for Slashing Exercise Balls
Burglar Has Fetish for
Slashing Exercise BallsMan slashes rubber balls to satisfy
sexual urgePublished : Friday, 17 Jul 2009
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth police are looking for a man suspected of breaking into fitness centers to satisfy a sexual fetish for slashing rubber exercise balls.
Police have been seeking 31-year-old Christopher Bjerkness since surveillance tape
allegedly showed him breaking into a gym in May and slashing exercise balls.
Police are familiar with Bjerkness.A criminal complaint released Thursday says he was convicted in 2005 of breaking into a sports facility at the University of Minnesota in Duluth and slashing about 70 exercise balls. Each ball cost between $30 and $60.
The complaint says when Bjerkness pleaded guilty in that case, he admitted slashing more than 40 other balls at two gyms.
Court documents say Bjerkness told police he slashed the rubber balls to satisfy a sexual urge. Experts said he has an unusual attraction to inflatable exercise devices.
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