Calese Crowder, 39, was sentenced to 170 days in county jail on September 8, 2026, following a string of incidents in which he was accused of crouching behind women in stores and apparently sniffing them, according to a news source citing court proceedings.
According to Glendale Police, Crowder was arrested in August 2026 after multiple stores in the city reported a man acting suspiciously and bending down around shoppers. Officers arrested him in the 100 block of South Brand Boulevard, police said, as reported by the source.
As a condition of his sentence, a judge ordered Crowder to stay at least six feet away from people's bums, according to the judge's order as described by the news source. The court also ordered him to remain 100 yards away from a Big Sav, a Marshalls, and a HomeGoods location in Glendale, according to the reported court order.
Earlier in September 2026, Glendale police were reportedly called to a grocery store on Glenoaks Boulevard over a suspicious man allegedly trying to sniff customers, and a nearby clothing shop made similar reports to police, according to an unnamed mainstream news source. After reviewing surveillance footage, police identified Crowder as a suspect, according to police.
In August 2026, Crowder was also charged with a felony and held without bail over alleged behavior at a Walgreens pharmacy in Burbank, according to a source excerpt, after employees there reportedly called police having witnessed alleged lewd conduct, as reported by a mainstream source.
In 2021, he was filmed crouching behind a woman and apparently sniffing her rear; Crowder claimed at the time that he was tying his shoe.