'Butt Bandit' makes an impression

A vandal dubbed the "Butt Bandit" is upsetting people in a town by pressing his naked ass where it shouldn't be pressed.

Residents of Valentine, Nebraska, a town of about 2,650 people, say they wish he would find another way to make his mark.

"This is the weirdest case I've ever seen," said Valentine Police Chief Ben McBride.

It began in spring 2007, when the window of a Methodist church was greased with an ass imprint. McBride figured it was a high school prank. But the church kept getting hit, even after police staked it out.

The bandit struck business after business last summer, pressing his naked ass -- sometimes his groin, sometimes both -- on windows.

During one particularly brazen session, nearly all the windows at a local hotel had ass imprints.

Store owners, church workers and school janitors have had to wash lotion and petroleum jelly off the windows he selects.

Chief McBride says no one has reported seeing the Butt Bandit in action.

The only clue is a blurry picture of him caught by a surveillance camera at the middle school last year. The man in the video is 6-feet-tall or slightly taller, and slender. He has dark hair and a dark complexion. His hair is styled in a "80s, feathered look."

Valentine, in remote north-central Nebraska, promotes itself as "The Heart City." Downtown sidewalks are painted with hearts, and locals encourage people from around the country to send their Valentine's Day cards to the local post office so they can be mailed out with the word "Valentine" stamped on them.
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September Hall
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