Title: Duluth Ball Slashing Post by: dystopia on July 17, 2009, 07:17:33 PM [sm_scratch]
Duluth police search for burglar with rubber ball fetish http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12858346?nclick_check=1 Quote A Duluth man with a history of burglary to satisfy a self-professed ****ual fetish for slashing large rubber exercise balls has been at it again, according to a complaint made public on Thursday. Christopher Neil Bjerkness, 31, is accused of breaking into the St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic West building at 4212 Grand Ave., where he allegedly slashed exercise balls, apparently with a sharp knife. ... ... He admitted to using a knife to slash about 72 exercise balls during three incidents at the college. The different-sized balls were valued at $30 to $60 each. In pleading guilty in that case, Bjerkness also admitted slashing balls at the St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Center for Personal Fitness. He said he entered the center by jimmying a locked door with his knife. The fitness center reported to police that 40 balls had been slashed. |