HAMILTON, Ohio — A repeat public indecency offender with a “fascination for plastic” was behind bars in Ohio Wednesday after allegedly having sex with a neighbor’s pink, inflatable pool raft.
Edwin Charles Tobergta, 32, was arrested Sunday at his home in Hamilton, Ohio — a city about 30 miles north of Cincinnati — after the raft’s dismayed owner caught him in the act, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The owner apparently shouted at Tobergta, who then ran off with the pool float.
When cops took Tobergta into custody, he begged officers not to send him to prison and told them “he was doing it but only because he has a problem and that he needs help,” the police report said.
Tobergta has been arrested at least five times for similar offenses and his grandmother tearfully told The Enquirer that the family has tried to seek mental care for him.
“He has a lot of mental problems and he’s always had a fascination for plastic,” she said. “That’s just it. That’s all of it. We never could get the proper care for Edwin. It’s like nobody cares.”