WWW- 26-year-old Culpeper County man was arrested Sunday and accused of following a 52-year-old woman and leaving a pornographic photograph in her car door handle.
Clinton Scott Butler of 13249 Browning Road was charged with distribution of obscene material, according to Culpeper police officer Tim Sisk. Butler faces a second count of the same charge from a similar Aug. 1 incident, the officer said.
Sisk said that the victim called police about 1 p.m. and reported that a man had followed her down Madison Road and into the Safeway parking lot in Southgate Shopping Center. She told police the man then followed her into the supermarket and kept her in his sight as she shopped, Sisk said.
When she saw the man leave the Safeway, she left, too, only to find the suspect waiting in his car as she got into her vehicle, Sisk said.
As she opened the door, she found a piece of paper in the handle. She tossed the paper into the passenger’s seat and drove away, Sisk said. The man followed her again, the woman told police.
After losing the suspect’s car, the victim looked at the paper and discovered that it was explicit pornographic material cut from a magazine, Sisk said. She then called police and a subsequent investigation led to Butler’s arrest.
Following a police interview, Butler was also charged with distribution of obscene material regarding an Aug. 1 incident in the same vicinity, Sisk said.
Police are asking any women who have recently experienced similar incidents in Culpeper to contact them.
“There may be other victims out there,” Sisk said.
Butler is free on $5,000 unsecured bond.