California serial butt sniffer gets slap-on-the-wrist after latest spree went viral on TikTok
A California “butt sniffer” with more than 40 arrests is headed back to the streets after receiving just 170 days in jail for his latest parole violation, despite a history of targeting women and repeatedly cycling through custody.Calese Crowder, 39, was arrested Aug.28 after Glendale police received reports of a man acting suspiciously and allegedly getting close to customers to smell them at multiple businesses.He was sentenced Tuesday to 170 days in Los Angeles County jail, with 12 days served, and is expected to return to parole once released.The revolving-door punishment has residents and tough-on-crime critics furious, with critics arguing that California’s soft-on-crime policies have repeatedly failed to keep a habitual offender away from the public.Around 3:30 p.m.
Aug.28, officers responded to a store in the 1500 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard after reports of a man seen “hunkered down” and getting close to people to smell them, according to the Glendale Police Department.Officers were also dispatched to a Marshalls near South Brand Boulevard and East Broadway following a similar report.Crowder was eventually located in the 100 block of South Brand Boulevard and arrested on suspicion of violating his parole.He was also ordered to stay away from Marshalls, Home Goods and Big Save in Glendale.Critics say the sentence is merely the latest turn of a revolving door that has done little to stop the alleged behavior.Crowder served 99 days in late 2025, 105 days in 2026 and now 170 days.Crowder, a registered sex offender, has a history of similar alleged offenses in Glendale and Burbank dating back to 2021.He was arrested twice in two months last summer and admitted violating his parole last year, when he was sentenced to more than 100 days in jail.In 2023, he was arrested for allegedly peeping into a family’s Glendale home.That August, a woman posted a TikTok video that went viral, allegedly showing Crowder crouching behind her and attempting to sn...