Man charged with littering offensive material in towns

BERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man is under arrest for allegedly littering the Hartford suburbs with vulgar material, possibly for years.


The Hartford Courant reports Berlin police arrested Gilbert Lévesque, 58, and charged him with 44 counts of second-degree breach of peace. He’s also been charged in Southington with six
counts of breach of peace and one count of impairing the morals of a minor.

The Bristol, Conn. resident has been released on $5,000 bail.

Police say they caught Lévesque after conducting an undercover surveillance operation. 

They say the offensive material included sexually-explicit and racist comments and images that had been randomly dropped in the towns for at least two years.

The material was also seen in other area towns.