Bullied, 19 Year Old Man Returns To High School, Steals Underwear, Masturbates Onto Them

NBC Action News reports on an odd story, 19 year old John P. Gallagher, of Smithville, a former Platte County High School student is under arrest after authorities say he broke into the high school and masturbated on underwear taken from the boy's locker room. Gallagher faces second-degree burglary charges in the incident. According to Platte City Police, high school employees reported that students had seen a suspicious person at the school prior to school hours on Wednesday. Two students reported chasing a person wearing FedEx clothing out of the boy's locker room around 6:30 a.m. One of the students reported that he had found a used condom tied to his athletic shoe in his gym locker two days earlier, but assumed that a friend was playing a prank and did not report it at the time. According to prosecutors, the school's security system showed a person entered the school in the early morning hours on eleven different occasions between January 27th and March 23rd. After contacting FedEx, investigators determined Gallagher was the individual on video. Prosecutors allege that Gallagher entered the school through an unlocked window and went in both the boys' and girls' locker rooms. Gallagher allegedly removed underwear from lockers in the boys' locker room, placed them on the floor, and masturbated on them, and then allegedly put the underwear in an unused locker. Gallagher is being held in the Platte County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. He told authorities that he committed the act because during the year and half he was a student at the school, he was routinely bullied, and harassed because of his sexual orientation.