‘Very disturbing’: Restaurant worker put his genitals in jar of jelly, authorities say

A restaurant worker in Houston, Texas, faces escalating legal jeopardy after allegedly dipping his genitals into food at the business. The Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office said they looked into Othello Larenzo Holmes, 27, some more and discovered that he possessed an immense amount of child pornography.

“Once our investigators got a call from the restaurant owner we not only arrested him after viewing video evidence- but we also noticed he had thousands of child pornography files on his phone,” they wrote Thursday. “He was rearrested because our investigators went the extra mile to look into this guy who appears to be a predator.”

Authorities said they started investigating April 4 regarding the food despoilment at the restaurant Kulture, according to Houston NBC affiliate KPRC. Holmes allegedly said he put his genitals in jelly, and that “he had a sexual urge, however, he stopped himself before he ejaculated.”

“The things that I have seen and the behavior that I have seen — it is very disturbing,” Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said, according to Houston CBS affiliate KHOU. “When the restaurant found out about this behavior going on, they immediately shut down, to everybody, they had not served a single patron of the restaurant.”

Holmes allegedly told investigators he had “these urges frequently and has a history of sexual offenses, saying he has a problem with these sexual urges and needs help.”

“We took immediate action by shutting down our establishment, cleaning the entire space, discarding all existing inventory, and contacting the Police to have the employee arrested immediately,” the restaurant reportedly wrote. “Additionally, we worked with our security team to enhance our camera systems. These actions were implemented within one hour of the incident being brought to our attention, ensuring that the matter was addressed before the business opened again.”

The business maintained, “We strongly believe this is an isolated incident resulting from retaliatory measures due to a demotion.”

Authorities kept investigating, and on April 15, Holmes allegedly let them look through his phone. They claimed to discover child sexual abuse material. Evidence also showed the defendant engaged in sexual activity with himself and also another person in front of a child, the constable’s office reportedly said.

“We kept investigating this guy, and boy, I’m glad we did,” Rosen said. “We found some really horrible things on his phone. We found child pornography and we are fearful that he potentially may have at some point molested young children.”

Investigators fear that he might have traded the abuse material. On the social media site Telegram, Holmes allegedly wrote, “super pervy yesterday. I wish I had access to kids,” according to Houston ABC affiliate KTRK.

Another person, with the username “princess,” wrote back with a crying face emoji, “I wish you did too,” authorities said.

Rosen reportedly said Holmes used to work at a hotel, and that the constable’s office is seeking a medical evaluation to learn whether or not the defendant has any sexually transmitted disease that could have been given to anyone at the restaurant. The constable noted that Holmes had many girlfriends who may have had kids, and he voiced concern the children could be in the material. Anyone with information can call the Precinct 1 Constable’s Office at (713) 755-7628.

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