Man With Workout-Ball-Slashing Fetish ChargedDULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) ―

Court documents say Bjerkness told police he slashed the rubber balls
to satisfy a sexual urge.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says a man with a self-professed
sexual fetish for slashing rubber balls was arrested and has appeared in court.
Police started looking for 31-year-old Christopher Bjerkness after surveillance
tape allegedly showed him breaking into a fitness clinic in May and slashing
exercise balls.

Authorities are familiar with the Bjerkness. A criminal complaint released
last week says he was convicted in 2005 of breaking into a sports facility at
the University of Minnesota in Duluth and slashing about 70 balls. Each ball
cost between $30 and $60.

The complaint says when he pleaded guilty in that case, he admitted to
slashing more than 40 other balls at two clinics.

Court documents say Bjerkness told police he slashed the rubber balls
to satisfy a sexual urge. Experts said he has an unusual attraction to
inflatable exercise devices.

Bjerkness appeared in court Monday morning and his bail was set at $10,000,
according to the Sheriff’s Office. He’s scheduled to return to court in a
month.

I’m just speechless!

Source: Ed, who sent me to this article.