Newspapers still popular (among Metro bus masturbators)
A follow-up to Huan Hsu's story this week about Metro bus harassment: On March 15, serial bus masturbator Michael Williamson will appear in court on charges of yet again turning someone off public transportation. Williamson, described in police reports as a 49-year-old, slim, black man, has allegedly transformed a $1.25 entrance fee into a porno-on-wheels career:
• Williamson has convictions in 2000 and 2001 for indecent exposure on Seattle buses. He masturbated in front of a 13-year-old girl and another time diddled himself with two women as witnesses—when they got off the bus, he followed them for an encore performance. Officers searching for Williamson found him jerking off next to a pair of completely different women.
• In 2004, while sitting on the Rt. 71 bus, Williamson is suspected of ejaculating in sight of elementary school-aged girls. To hide the below-the-belt activity from the driver and other passengers, he reportedly covered his crotch with a newspaper.
• This past December, on Rt. 36, a man who looked very much like Williamson was seen whackin' it across from a teenage girl. Video from a bus camera shows his newspaper flapping up and down.
• On Jan. 8 and Jan. 24, Williamson again matches a suspect with similar behavior on Rts. 71 and 36. On Jan. 24, after allegedly pulling down his pants for a lady's viewing pleasure, Williamson leaves the bus without his ID. The unlucky bus driver gets to pick it up off the seat for evidence.
Following up on one of the last incidents, a Seattle Police Department detective arrested Williamson on Feb. 21 at his home. According to the detective, who put together the police file from which the above adventures are pulled, Williamson copped to riding both the 71 and 36 lines but didn’t admit to any hand-to-gland combat. He did proffer some other interesting information, including his favorite reading material on the bus:
"He does carry a newspaper regularly, which would be a Weekly," writes the detective. "He uses it to hide his pelvis when he has to scratch inside his pants, push on his hernia, or hide his marijuana. All of which he must do on the inside of his pants. He may at times have to unzip his pants to do so."
Two thoughts: Never let it be said the Weekly doesn't stick up for the little guy. And second, no matter how dismal the future of print media may look what with this Internet thing, it's comforting to know that newspapers can always fall back on at least one demographic.
3 comment(s)
Seely says:
Good thing we just went to heavier paper.
Posted On: Thursday, Mar. 8 2007 @ 11:22AM
Fitz says:
How does he get that big box of tissue to fit inside his slacks?
Posted On: Thursday, Mar. 8 2007 @ 2:20PM
Caroline says:
When I saw this article, I THOUGHT the guy looked familiar! Turns out I was one of this perv\'s \"Victims\". I remember sitting on the bus and realizing what the guy was doing, but rather than confront him, I simply rode out the rest of the trip with my eyes closed.
I did report him to the driver when I got off the bus, but by then he\'d already exited. So, according to the driver, there wasn\'t a thing they could do. Next time (if, heaven forbid, there is one) I\'ll report him to the driver immediately.
Posted On: Monday, Mar. 26 2007 @ 12:51PM