{
  "id": 4921971,
  "title": "Serial ‘butt sniffer’ arrested again after trying to smell people’s bums in shops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/serial-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-after-trying-to-smell-peoples-bums",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T19:19:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/serial-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-after-trying-to-smell-peoples-bums-in-shops/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A registered sex offender named Calese Crowder, 39, has been arrested again after attempting to sniff women's bums in shops, according to police. The incident occurred in a grocery store on Glenoaks Boulevard in Glendale, California. Crowder, who has a history of harassing women, was initially arrested twice in the previous year for similar offenses. In 2021, a video surfaced showing him crouching behind a woman and allegedly sniffing her rear end. On Friday, Glendale police responded to reports of a suspicious man attempting to sniff customers in the same area, with additional calls from a nearby clothing shop. After reviewing surveillance footage, police identified Crowder as the suspect and arrested him for allegedly violating his parole conditions. He will remain in custody until his hearing.",
  "summary": "A serial bum sniffer has been arrested after he tried to sniff women’s behinds again, police said. Registered sex offender Calese Crowder, 39, was arrested twice in the space of a month last year for harassing women in California, USA. And back in 2021, the perv was filmed crouching down behind a woman and apparently sniffing her rear in […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Calese Crowder, 39, registered sex offender, arrested again",
    "Attempted to sniff women's bums in Glendale grocery store",
    "Parole violation, will remain in custody until hearing"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}