‘Butt-Sniffing Bandit’ Arrested After Camera Catches Him Targeting Woman at Mall, Police Say

A California man was arrested after allegedly being caught on camera sniffing a woman’s buttocks at a department store.

Burbank police said Calese Carron Crowder, 38, was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 22, after police responded to a report of a “suspicious individual loitering in the women’s department” at Nordstrom Rack.

When officers arrived, Crowder had left the department store. Officers later spotted him at a nearby Walmart in the Empire Center shopping center on Victory Place.

“Using the store’s surveillance system, officers monitored the suspect as he moved through various departments,” according to a July 24 Burbank Police Department press release. “While in the women’s section, the suspect was observed following a female customer, crouching near her, and engaging in lewd behavior by inappropriately sniffing her buttocks.”

Crowder was charged with one count of loitering with intent to commit a crime.

His bail was set at $100,000.

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A court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 1.

Authorities said Crowder is a registered sex offender with “a documented history of similar arrests for lewd conduct in both Glendale and Burbank, dating back to 2021.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Burbank Police Department’s Investigations Division at (818) 238-3210.