Last fall, a Washington man terrorized his neighborhood by performing various sex acts in public, not with other people but with weird objects. Now, after months of legal proceedings, he has finally been sentenced. A camera captured the suspect, Anthony Roget Hines II, in the act of sexually lodging a cucumber in a DC homeowner’s SUV’s grille. The car was parked in the victim’s alleyway, a few yards from Dunbar High School. The convicted man was also caught engaging in sex acts with a handrail in an alleyway on Q Street Northwest. He allegedly targeted the handrail twice, which has since been covered in sandpaper to avoid a repeat offense.
According to the police affidavit, Hines was captured opening the gate to a private porch before he “proceeded to slide up and down on a metal railing shaped like a pinecone while performing sexual acts.” He reportedly covered the pinecone fixture in lubricant before sexually attacking it. Yet another homeowner came forward with footage that showed the convicted man “sodomizing himself” with a rake handle in their backyard.
Hines was allegedly identified after an anonymous tip was sent to the police following the incident near Dunbar High School. The arrest warrant affidavit, which was filed in October, contained stills from surveillance videos that showed him in the middle of the acts.
On Wednesday, Hines pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd, indecent, or obscene acts and four counts of unlawful entry of private property. According to the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia, he was sentenced to 360 days in jail but will only serve half the sentence (180 days). He will also remain on probation for two years following his release, DC News Now reports.
After the news of his sentence spread on the internet, one user hilariously commented, “Railed and nailed,” and another sarcastically added, “My car and I thank you for your concerns these last few months…” The user further stated that they were thankful no handrails, fences, or rakes were harmed on their property. “I was also amazed to learn this was just the tip of the iceberg in a sodomy spree.”
One individual called the convicted man a “Cucumber Caligula” and expressed joy that he was finally captured. Another stated that they will have to “risk falling and breaking my hip” instead of holding onto any public handrails for support.
Notably, after Hines was sentenced, the affected DC homeowners admitted that they were relieved he was arrested and convicted. “I am thankful to the community for helping crack the case of the vegetable voyeur and look forward to enjoying farmer’s market season in peace,” the homeowner stated.
