www.newsnet5.com/news/3756162/detail.htmlVirginia Man Charged In Vaseline Vandalism Case
POSTED: 5:03 pm EDT September 23, 2004
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- It looks as if the charges will stick in a bizarre case of Vaseline vandalism in a New York town.
A Virginia man is accused of covering virtually every surface in a motel room with petroleum jelly.
A grand jury Thursday indicted Robert Chamberlain on a charge of felony criminal mischief in connection with last spring's incident.
He was arrested after a cleaning crew discovered the television set, furniture, carpeting and everything else in Chamberlain's motel room had been slathered with petroleum jelly.
Police found 14 empty Vaseline containers and numerous pornographic magazines in the room's trash can.
Police said that when they tracked him down at a nearby motel, Chamberlain was covered from head-to-toe with the stuff.
Damage to the motel room and its contents was estimated at more than $1,000. A manager at the Motel 6 said it took more than a month to clean up the mess.