Michael Kevin Morris begins his crimes by silently creeping up to random women.

The 59-year-old Easton doesn't speak to them or touch them. He throws his semen on them.

Michael Kevin Morris

"He's been doing this for decades with I can only imagine countless victims," Lehigh County Judge Robert Steinberg said.

Morris pleaded no contest to indecent assault for three of his most recent offenses within the past two years. Steinberg sentenced him Wednesday to the maximum allowed by law, a combined three to six years in state prison.

"I don't think in all my years of doing this I've ever seen this type of behavior," the judge said.

The judge estimated Morris has been committing the crime for more than 40 years. He said the crime is so bizarre and perverted, victims and law enforcement haven't known how to react.

Until 2006, no law classified semen throwing as a sex offense. In 1993, for instance, he was charged with simple assault for squirting semen from a perforated condom onto a woman inside a Warren County supermarket. He's also thrown it from small squirt bottles, a prosecutor previously said.

Morris has been charged repeatedly with disorderly conduct, the judge said. Because the crime hasn't matched the behavior, Morris has evaded the appropriate treatment and punishment, Steinberg said.

"Quite frankly, this sentence is long overdue," Steinberg said.

By pleading no contest, Morris does not admit that he squirted semen. He admits that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him of the crimes. The plea is treated the same as a guilty plea for sentencing purposes.

According to Steinberg, Morris has struck at supermarkets, shopping malls and bus stops. In two of the three cases he was sentenced for Wednesday the victim was getting on or getting off a LANTA bus in Lehigh County.

One woman was so traumatized she is afraid to ride public transportation to this day. She describes herself as "depressed, emotionally ill and scared" as a result of the crime, Steinberg said.

Morris apologized.

"I am extremely sorry if I upset or caused any type of ... "

"Anguish?" Steinberg asked.

"Anguish. Thank you," Morris said.

Prosecutions against Morris have stalled in the past when victims couldn't prove the liquid squirted was semen. Victims in the recent cases had the fluid tested and the DNA matched Morris.

Morris said he would have gone for counseling if he could afford it. He studied English literature at the State University of New York at New Paltz but dropped out. He said has run through a string of clerking jobs at supermarkets, convenience stores and fast food restaurants.

Morris said he turns to semen squirting out of frustration when he's fired from a job. He said his urge is "triggered by a type of dilemma related to personal problems like a lack of employment or a lack of a future where I can't provide a living for myself or possibly give any assistance to my parents or my siblings."

Morris is a lifetime bachelor. He believes a victim "represents some type of authority figure" to him.

"I can't really explain because I haven't been able to delve into it sufficiently," he said.

Defense attorney Andrea Olsovsky hopes Morris can finally get the treatment he needs to stop offending. But Steinberg and Lehigh County Deputy District Attorney Christine Murphy are skeptical he'll ever be able to stop.

"I'm not an evil person," Morris said. "I've never been able to accomplish what I wanted to and this has manifested itself in the form of low self esteem."

Rudy Miller may be reached at rmiller@lehighvalleylive.com. Follow him on Twitter @RudyMillerLV. Find Easton area news on Facebook.