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December 20th, 2008, 05:38 AM
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A 63-year-old convicted felon dressed in a Santa Claus shirt and hat was arrested after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say he made several lewd comments to women who were trying to shop at Wal-Mart on Thursday night.
Donald J. Bohn, 1160 Wildwood Lakes Blvd., No. 104, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failure to register as a convicted felon.
When reached at home Friday night, Bohn said he did nothing wrong, and was only making jokes to customers and singing to himself.
Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, a Collier County sheriff’s deputy responded to Wal-Mart, 9885 Collier Blvd., after a woman reported a man using lewd language.
The woman told the deputy that Bohn was questioning her about her virginity, and made other sexual-related comments.
Another customer told the deputy that Bohn was talking to her about his genitals and pleasing women.
The deputy located Bohn, who was wearing a Santa shirt and hat, in the customer service area of the store, where he was talking to another female, reports said.
Bohn told the deputy that he didn’t do anything wrong, and said he was just being friendly, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
When Bohn asked why everyone wants him to be in trouble just because he talks to them, the deputy said it might be due to the content of his conversations.
A criminal history check revealed that Bohn is a convicted sexual offender on charges of sodomy and sexual abuse with victims under 11, an arrest report said.
Bohn informed the deputy that he went to prison in New York for sodomy on a child, reports said.
“He was convicted in New York in the 1980s of a sexual offense,” Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Karie Partington said. “His conviction predates any kind of sexual offender registry.”
A Wal-Mart manager reported that he has seen Bohn on several occasions winning stuffed toys in an arcade game, and then waiting around to give them to small children. When Bohn was arrested, he was found in possession of women’s lace underwear, reports said.
Bohn said he was returning underwear he bought for his wife, because they were too big. While he was in the store, he said he was joking with a female customer.
“I told her a few jokes,” he said. “What happened to the duck that flew upside down? Quacked up. What goes up and never goes down? I said ‘Your age.’”
At one point, Bohn said, he was singing the song “Like a Virgin” to himself, which he said may have been mis-interpreted.
“I enjoy music,” he said. “I’m always singing to myself. I’m a happy guy.”
When asked about his alleged comments about his genitals Bohn’s wife, Maria Bohn, 55, said her husband would never say anything like that.
“We’ve been married for 20 years,” she said. “I think I know him a little bit. He’s a people person. He loves people.”
Regarding her husband’s conviction in New York, she said it was a lie made up by an ex-girlfriend’s jealous ex-husband. She had a document indicating that Donald Bohn was discharged from parole in 1992.
Bohn said he dressed as Santa Claus because he has Christmas spirit. He described himself as a nice Christian who loves people.
“I might talk to a lot of people,” he said. “I’m a lonely man. I don’t have a lot of friends around here. I have a lovely wife, but I don’t know what to do with myself during the day.”
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/19/deputies-man-dressed-santa-outfit-made-sexual-comm/
A 63-year-old convicted felon dressed in a Santa Claus shirt and hat was arrested after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say he made several lewd comments to women who were trying to shop at Wal-Mart on Thursday night.
Donald J. Bohn, 1160 Wildwood Lakes Blvd., No. 104, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failure to register as a convicted felon.
When reached at home Friday night, Bohn said he did nothing wrong, and was only making jokes to customers and singing to himself.
Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, a Collier County sheriff’s deputy responded to Wal-Mart, 9885 Collier Blvd., after a woman reported a man using lewd language.
The woman told the deputy that Bohn was questioning her about her virginity, and made other sexual-related comments.
Another customer told the deputy that Bohn was talking to her about his genitals and pleasing women.
The deputy located Bohn, who was wearing a Santa shirt and hat, in the customer service area of the store, where he was talking to another female, reports said.
Bohn told the deputy that he didn’t do anything wrong, and said he was just being friendly, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
When Bohn asked why everyone wants him to be in trouble just because he talks to them, the deputy said it might be due to the content of his conversations.
A criminal history check revealed that Bohn is a convicted sexual offender on charges of sodomy and sexual abuse with victims under 11, an arrest report said.
Bohn informed the deputy that he went to prison in New York for sodomy on a child, reports said.
“He was convicted in New York in the 1980s of a sexual offense,” Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Karie Partington said. “His conviction predates any kind of sexual offender registry.”
A Wal-Mart manager reported that he has seen Bohn on several occasions winning stuffed toys in an arcade game, and then waiting around to give them to small children. When Bohn was arrested, he was found in possession of women’s lace underwear, reports said.
Bohn said he was returning underwear he bought for his wife, because they were too big. While he was in the store, he said he was joking with a female customer.
“I told her a few jokes,” he said. “What happened to the duck that flew upside down? Quacked up. What goes up and never goes down? I said ‘Your age.’”
At one point, Bohn said, he was singing the song “Like a Virgin” to himself, which he said may have been mis-interpreted.
“I enjoy music,” he said. “I’m always singing to myself. I’m a happy guy.”
When asked about his alleged comments about his genitals Bohn’s wife, Maria Bohn, 55, said her husband would never say anything like that.
“We’ve been married for 20 years,” she said. “I think I know him a little bit. He’s a people person. He loves people.”
Regarding her husband’s conviction in New York, she said it was a lie made up by an ex-girlfriend’s jealous ex-husband. She had a document indicating that Donald Bohn was discharged from parole in 1992.
Bohn said he dressed as Santa Claus because he has Christmas spirit. He described himself as a nice Christian who loves people.
“I might talk to a lot of people,” he said. “I’m a lonely man. I don’t have a lot of friends around here. I have a lovely wife, but I don’t know what to do with myself during the day.”
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/19/deputies-man-dressed-santa-outfit-made-sexual-comm/