A woman at a St. Paul bus stop told police Wednesday, “I’ve seen a lot on University Avenue, but never anything like this.”
The 30-year-old woman, who was sitting at the corner of University and Marion Street, called 911 after seeing a man pull up in a car in front of her. Minutes later, officers near University Avenue were told by a dispatcher to look out for “a white male in a red pickup performing oral sex on a white dildo.”
Cars behind the man had been honking their horns, trying to get him to move, the woman added. Plus, there were kids around, she said.
Police responding to the call noticed a red pickup on University near Wheeler Street, several blocks west of Snelling Avenue.
After pulling over Brian Wutschke, 45, of Farmington, police searched the interior of his truck and found a sex toy under a flannel shirt. They also noted several pairs of women’s panties strewn around the interior, including hanging from the rear-view mirror and the gear shift.
When they performed a pat-down search of the man and reached “the waistline area,” officers could feel something vibrating. The man then informed them he also had a sex toy inserted inside him.
“That one’s kind of unique. They’ll be talking about this one for a while,” said police watch commander Eric Anderson.
Police called the witness, who gave a description of Wutschke over the phone.
The officers drove Wutschke to the jail, hearing the sex toy still vibrating on the plastic seats of their squad car. Sheriff officials at the jail removed it as they were booking him, but as of late Wednesday nobody was comfortable turning it off.
“They’ll just let the batteries run out,” Anderson said.
Wutschke was booked into Ramsey County jail on suspicion of indecent exposure and obscene materials and performance, both gross misdemeanors.
The St. Paul city attorney’s office reviewed the case and authorized police on Thursday to issue Wutschke a citation for indecent conduct, a misdemeanor, said Laura Pietan, deputy city attorney for the criminal division.
Tad Vezner can be reached at tvezner@pioneerpress.com. Follow him at twitter.com/SPnoir.
