You just can't make this stuff up…
Charges stick in motel petroleum jelly case
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - It looks like the charges will stick in a bizarre case in which a man allegedly covered virtually every surface in a Binghamton-area motel with petroleum jelly.
A Broome County grand jury today indicted 44-year-old Robert Chamberlain for felony criminal mischief in connection with last spring's incident at a Motel 6 just north of Binghamton.
The McLean, Virginia, man was arrested last May after a cleaning crew discovered the T-V set, furniture, carpeting and everything else in Chamberlain's room had been slathered with Vaseline petroleum jelly.
Police say when they tracked him down at a nearby motel, Chamberlain was covered from head-to-toe with the stuff.
A manager at the Motel 6 says it took more than a month to clean up the mess. He says people still call from around the world asking about the slippery saga. Some have asked to book the room where Chamberlain stayed for almost a week.
(Bob Joseph, WNBF, Binghamton)
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I remember when that story first hit the news...it did cause quite a stir...we just sat and stared at the screen...makes me feel proud to say I lived in that area for 7 years!
-Allie
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