California’s Serial Butt Sniffer Nabbed Again at Burbank Nordstrom Rack

California’s notorious repeat offender Calese Carron Crowder, 38, arrested Tuesday at Burbank’s Nordstrom Rack, is accused of butt-sniffing women—a phrase now trending with “Can you get arrested for sniffing?” and “Nordstrom Rack crime incidents.” Security footage shows Crowder crouching behind a shopper, authorities said, before police found him at Walmart, where he was allegedly nose-deep in similar activity. Crowder, on parole and a registered sex offender, claimed in a viral incident, “I was only tying my shoe,” following a previous Barnes & Noble encounter.
Building on his viral Barnes & Noble defense, Crowder’s shopping spree includes prior arrests at Urban Outfitters and Marshalls, fueling searches for “sex offender registry California” and “repeat offenders early release.” His scent-focused escapades now span Glendale to Santa Clarita, with a $100,000 bail and an August 1 court date looming—a world where mall security films double as olfactory crime documentaries.
Surveillance video caught Crowder sniffing at least two women’s backsides in two Burbank stores the same afternoon, while authorities tracked him between Nordstrom Rack and Walmart like a one-man, unsanctioned fragrance test panel.