Ohio man arrested for throwing sex toy during WNBA game

An Ohio man was arrested for throwing a dildo during a WBNA game.

According to an ESPN story, 32 year-old Charles Burgess of Dayton surrendered himself to New York police and was arrested on Aug. 20.

Burgess allegedly threw a “lime green dildo” from the Bleachers toward the court at a New York Liberty game, hitting a young girl in the leg.

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According to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Criminal Court, the girl suffered “substantial pain,” was afraid of further injury, and she became “alarmed and annoyed.”

Before he surrendered to police, New York Crimestoppers posted a photo of Burgess from the game, in an attempt to solicit tips that would lead to his arrest. In the Crimestoppers photo, he was wearing a Beavis & Butthead shirt

He was charged with second and third degree attempted assault degrees, third degree assault, second-degree menacing, second degree reckless endangerment, third degree obscenity, fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon, interference with a professional sporting event and second degree harassment.

He was released on his own recognizance.

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