Man arrested in Oregon for squirting superglue into the hair of women and girls, breaking into women’s homes and coating their hair with “an oil-like substance” while they slept, cutting women’s hair on buses, etc.
TriMet officials said 22-year-old Jared Weston Walter cut the hair – three times in six weeks – of unsuspecting women as they rode on the bus. Officials said he was caught on New Year’s Eve as he rode the No. 33 bus in Milwaukie after a woman called 9-1-1, and in another case, TriMet said he put Super Glue in a woman’s hair.
Police also confirmed Monday that Walter is a person of interest in two middle-of-the night break-ins at an apartment complex he was a resident at before being evicted. The first occurred to Danielle Oliver. She said she believes Walter sneaked into her apartment in the middle of the night in September and coated her hair and pillow with some sort of oil while she and her fiancé slept…. The substance permanently stained her pillow.
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Pervy McPerv.
Goddamn, men are weird.
I think it’s assault but he should be required to get therapy for impulse control.
That’s some pretty bizarre shit alright.
For some reason the first thing I thought of was Eddie Izzard’s brilliant and hilarious distinction between executivetransvestites (such as himself) and weird, loony transvestites. I guess technically some people (J. Edgar Hoover, for instance) are people with mental problems who also happen to be transvestites. Anyway, I immediately started wondering what an executive hair fetishist would be like…or if there is such a thing.
What a creepy little rat faced weirdo… He totally looks like the kind of person who would sit in the dark and take pictures of you while you sleep…
There are a thousand things he could have done to these women that would be more damaging and horrible, but I’m pretty sure the whole oil thing is by far the creepiest I’ve ever heard of. ICK!
Boy does that news source need a new copy editor.
“and in another case, TriMet said he put Super Glue in a woman’s hair” -> “and, TriMet said, in another case he put Super Glue…” This was not another case of TriMet speaking, TriMet was speaking about another case.
“confirmed Monday” -> “confirmed on Monday” The police were not confirming the fact of Monday; Monday was the day on which they confirmed some other fact. ‘Monday”‘ is not an adverb.
“middle-of-the night” -> “middle-of-the-night” Missed the final hyphen, which is too bad, since it’s something of a rarity to find someone who actually knows how to use hyphens, as this guy/gal does.
“apartment complex he was a resident at” -> “apartment complex at which he was a resident” The phrase-final use of prepositions is becoming all too common; unfortunately, we can’t expect people to know the proper use when published works do not exemplify it.
“The first occurred to Danielle Oliver.” “Occur to” means to think of, as in, “It occurs to me that standards of English programs at colleges around the country are rapidly slipping.” It is not the same as “happen to” (which phrase itself has multiple meanings). Also, the break-in didn’t happen to Oliver, it happened to her apartment, as SHE was not that into which was broken.
“Sneaked” -> “Snuck” Oh god, my Firefox dictionary doesn’t recognize snuck, which suggests to me that the previously incorrect form has replaced the correct form in majority usage. I rescind this correction.
As for Walter, a hair fetish seems pretty tame. It’s unfortunate that he felt the need to escalate to breaking-and-entering in order to get off. As for stealing hair, I suppose I can see why it’s illegal, although as someone who shaves my head and donates my hair every year-and-a-half or so, I don’t particularly understand why anyone cares that much. If you walk up to me on the street and ask for a clipping of my hair so you can masturbate using it, I’ll give it to you in a heartbeat (I’d be more suspicious if no reason was given, as I might suspect you of wanting to frame me in a crime by planting my hair at the scene).
Walter really shouldn’t have been stealing hair, but it’s unfortunate that he felt the need to do so in order to indulge his kink. A less sexually-repressed society might have legal, non-victimizing avenues available. For example, in Tokyo one can buy the hair (pubic and head) of young women in little packages with a picture of the lass from which it came at the world’s largest sex shop. (Of course, the descriptions of that particular shop sound kind of creepy to even a sexual Libertarian like me, but you get the idea.)
sure, he’s a creepy little rat faced weirdo, but he’s not fat!
You know, this really seems like the sort of thing a good ass-kicking is the appropriate punishment for.
Local serial killer George Russell, with whom I went to high school (sort of), started breaking into women’s apartments and watching them sleep before he progressed to actually murdering them. This boy needs some serious help before he hurts somebody. And that woman needs a new pillow right away. All new bedclothes, I’d say.
Maybe he ate too much Elmer’s glue or sniffed too much Rubber cement when he was a child. I’ll give him one thing though, he’s stealthily quiet. He broke into 2 apartments with more than one person sleeping and NO ONE woke up to discover him? And what’s with “The substance permanently stained her pillow”. Wouldn’t it be just like a reporter to ask a question like that. “Did your pillow suffer any permanent damage”? Whooo caaaarrres? How is her hair? What did she use to get the stuff out? Does she now sleep with a .45 and one eye open? The scumbag was thaaat close and they want to know about her pillow? Oh for crying out loud!
@11,
From what I understand, many serial rapists and murderers start off that way. They progressively escalate, having to go further each time to get the same thrill from invading someone’s space and eventually harming them.
Holy shit, what a bunch of superior susies hang out here. In the space of 13 comments, this guy has been made into a serial rapist/murderer/pervert who “looks like” a pervert. You’ll all make great citizens of the new police state where people are convicted of things they might someday do.
All I read was that some lonely, poorly socialized guy has a thing for hair and didn’t know how to express his desires appropriately. He needs help people. Stimulate your fucking compassion gland a little.
Back in the 18th century, a similar nut-job inspired Alexander Pope’s satirical masterpiece, “The Rape of the Lock.”
Maybe I’m reading into it too much, but I have a funny feeling the “glue” he’s putting in their hair may also contain his DNA…..