Dude goes into Wal-Mart, masturbates on clothes, then leaves.

It's illegal to walk into a department store, grab women's clothing and other merchandise, masturbate on it all and then leave. It might just be dumb to go back afterward.

That's how police ended up finding and charging 20-year-old Joseph Eric Renno with open lewdness last week. Renno, was spotted taking magazines and clothes into a dressing room at Wal-Mart. The store's loss prevention officer suspected he might be trying to steal things when he walked out of the dressing room a bit later without the merchandise.

She went to check the dressing room and found the magazines and a man's shirt, plus panties and a bra. She also found a thick substance she believed to be semen on the items and the dressing room mirror.

The merchandise, valued at $36, was destroyed except for the shirt, which police kept as evidence. Another Wal-Mart employee told police the man frequented the store; she knew him as ''Eric.'' Employees promised to call police if the man returned. He did last Friday.

Police went to the Wal-Mart when employees called, found Renno and took him to headquarters for questioning. He admitted masturbating on the mirror and the merchandise, police said.

Richland Police Chief Larry Cerami said there's no evidence Renno planned to masturbate on more items when he returned to the store. Article here.