A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for
misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to
spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles
Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in
Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.
A sheriff's statement says Westlake High School students claimed
Hersel paid them to yell profanities, spit and slap him in the face.
Several also claimed he offered them cash to urinate and defecate on
him.
A motive wasn't clear.