DETROIT — A home inspector caught pleasuring himself with an Elmo doll has been charged with two misdemeanor counts in a Rochester Hills district court.
Kevin Wayne VanLuven, 59, was arraigned on charges of aggravated indecent exposure and malicious destruction of property under $200. Bond was set at $2,500 cash or surety.
The charges stem from a March 12 incident in Oxford Township, when homeowners asked to have their property inspected at the request of the buyers. A nursery camera detected movement, the news release said, so the 22-year-old homeowner checked her phone and caught VanLuven in the act. After he finished pleasuring himself, he returned the doll to its original place, the release said.
“Just when I think I have seen it all, someone steps up and surprises me with a new level of disturbing actions,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a news release.
When officers questioned him about the incident, VanLuven said he moved the doll to check an electrical outlet, but “made incriminating statements and apologized" after he was told of the nursery camera, the news release said.
VanLuven is not allowed to be alone in a home that is not his, may not contact the homeowners and is required to undergo a mental health evaluation, the news release said. His next court appearance is scheduled for April 19 before Judge Nancy Carniak.
In the news release, Bouchard said: “This is a disgusting reminder to be cautious about who you let into your home. The actions of these homeowners will likely prevent this defendant from going into anyone else’s home.”
