[MYSANANTONIO] Charles Ransier had an abnormal history with vegetables, according to authorities.A Comal County jury sentenced the 56-year-old New Braunfels man to life in prison Wednesday on charges of drug possession and tampering with evidence after a Texas state trooper found him sitting in his truck with melted candle wax on his bare chest and a collection of meth-filled syringes, male enhancement pills, lube, children's clothing and a cooler of frozen cucumbers with him.
When the trooper found him on March 23, 2015, along Interstate 35, Ransier had a syringe in his hand and was trying to break the end off of it, according to the Comal County District Attorney's Office.
Texas man caught covered in wax with veggies used for sex, sentenced to life in prison
Ransier refused to comply with the trooper's command to stop, and a struggle ensued, a video of which was presented as evidence during Ransier's trial. The trooper eventually placed Ransier in handcuffs and recovered the broken syringe, which tested positive for methamphetamine.
But "the rest of the story" was also presented to the jury during Ransier's trial.
After Ransier was detained, troopers searched his pickup truck and found a mishmash of startling items: Barbie dolls, candy, children's clothing, balloons, baby oil, Viagra, Extenze male enhancement pills, duct tape, rope and a cooler with frozen cucumbers inside.
Further investigation revealed it was not the first time Ransier had been caught less than fully clothed with vegetables in tow.
On Nov. 10, 2012, a Comal County deputy found him naked inside his truck. Ransier admitted to the deputy he had been engaged in a "deviant sex act involving a squash," according to the district attorney's office.
On March 9, 2014, a "concerned citizen" notified a state trooper of a suspicious pickup truck at the nearby baseball fields. The trooper found Ransier engaging in a deviant sex act with a vegetable "wearing nothing but women's stockings."
State prosecutors disclosed such incidents to the jury, as well as other evidence from court records of Ransier's nine previous felony convictions. One such conviction involved the death of a reserve sergeant with the Arizona State Troopers and father of twins. Ransier was found to be high on meth when he crashed into the trooper and killed him.
The jury took less than an hour to sentence Ransier to life in prison on the charge of tampering with evidence connected to the March 23, 2015, incident. He was also sentenced to 20 years in prison on the meth possession charge and fined $10,000.