Thomas Byron Stemen, a 52-year-old man in Maryland, USA, used a syringe filled with his own kukubird juice and stabbed it into a woman’s buttocks at a supermarket.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
What happened?
The incident happened on 18 February 2020 at a supermarket, with the incident caught on CCTV.
Stemen was seen in the CCTV footage following the victim, Katie Peters, who was returning a shopping cart.
According to CBS Baltimore, Peters jumped back and asked Stemen if he used a cigarette butt to poke her.
Stemen then replied: “Ya, it felt like a bee sting didn’t it?”
The victim also shared that she felt something wet on her pants moments later, as she told Fox5 that she had no idea what was in the syringe at the time.
She shared that she felt a burning feeling when she returned to her car and discoverd a small red spot upon returning home, along with what seemed to be a puncture wound at her backside.
She then went to the hospital the next day and received treatment.
Stemen was then arrested on 25 February 2020 and charged, and the authorities discovered and recovered more syringes from his car and home.
Images source: Anne Arundel County Police Department Facebook