pressconnects.com: Va. man ordered to pay damages for motel mess...Room was coated with petroleum jelly

Entry Number One in the "Weird Crimes Against Property" Awards...

BINGHAMTON -- A Virginia man who admitted Monday to coating his motel room with the contents of 14 jars of petroleum jelly in May will have to pay $3,886 for damages to the motel.
...Chamberlain was charged May 10 after he coated every object in a Motel 6 room in the Town of Chenango with petroleum jelly, Broome County sheriff's deputies said.
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Mathews didn't ask Chamberlain on Monday why he coated his room with petroleum jelly, and Chamberlain didn't offer any explanation.
[more, including photo of Mr. Petroleum Jelly.}

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I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for ?