Prepositions Matter

Prepositions do matter. 

Four years ago, Cosmopolitan Magazine published an article – complete with instructions and diagrams -extolling the virtues of sex ON a pool float.  Kinky, maybe, but Cosmo is just mainstream enough to imply that this activity is close enough to normal to be socially acceptable.

This month, we have the story of a guy arrested for having sex WITH a pool float. 

What a difference a preposition can make - Huge difference between ON and WITH!

Hamilton, OHIO -

According to local police, a man was arrested for having sex with a pink inflatable swimming pool raft in an alley in Hamilton, Ohio, just north of Cincinatti.

The Hamilton Journal News reports that Edwin Charles Tobergta, 32, who has been arrested before for public indecency, was arrested again early Sunday morning at his home in Hamilton.

Police were reportedly informed of Tobergta's public union by the raft's owner, who witnessed the act. The owner told police Tobergta fled with the raft after he was caught and shouted at to stop.

Tobergta admitted to the act and told officers that he has a problem and needs help.

Relatives say that Tobergta has mental problems and was being helped by Butler County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, but he was dropped because he had too many arrests.

The relatives said officials told them Tobergta could not get additional help unless he commits a felony crime.

 
Hamilton Municipal Court records show that Tobergta has been arrested at least five times previously for similar offenses. He was indicted in May 2010 for tampering with evidence and possessing criminal tools. Then in 2008, he was convicted for public indecency and was sentenced to community control. He was also required to seek mental health services.

Tobergta is currently being held at the Butler County Jail on a charge of public indecency and contempt of court.

FYI – I had to wade through multiple accounts of this event before I finally found one that listed the charges.  Apparently the Ohio legislature is not weird forward-thinking enough to have drafted a law specifically outlawing this activity.