Vandal suspect blamed for painted giant penises says he was angry

Creeping up to the front porch of a darkened house on the quiet, dim-lit street in West University, a young man begins to paint a giant penis on the front door. The phallic roguery didn't end there. Nineteen-year-old William Tyler of Houston admits he painted another one on the side of the home on Arbuckle.

Tyler told West University police he was angry at a resident of the house, who he said was "harassing his cousin." So a little after 2 a.m. on June 8, in addition to the penises, Tyler also spray-painted "whore" and "slut," along with other obscenities, on the victim's Lexus and Toyota vehicles in the driveway, according to court documents.



He admitted to West University police that he poured paint stripper on top of the cars before gluing coins to the vehicles and placed some grass killer on the lawn. On July 1, he returned to the residence and scratched the victim's Ford Explorer with a box cutter before slashing all four tyres, according to court documents. The damages to the property exceeded $22,000.

Tyler is accused of vandalizing two other vehicles in the West University area with a box cutter, spray paint and a knife on that same day. West University police arrested Tyler and an alleged accomplice, Amer Kumar, 23, on July 1. Tyler was charged Wednesday with criminal mischief.