MANASSAS, VA—A man who picked up produce, pulled down his pants, rubbed the produce on his buttocks and then put it back on the shelf in a Giant Food at 10100 Dumfries Road was arrested late Saturday afternoon, according to Manassas City Police. He has since told WJLA television he was attempting a YouTube prank .

Michael Dwayne Johnson, 27, of Manassas, was charged with destruction of property and indecent exposure. Police say the store had to discard several pallets of produce following the incident, which occurred around 4:30 p.m. The loss to the store was $46.51. He told the TV station he never actually rubbed any produce on his butt, and that he never pulled down his pants.

A manager at the grocery store referred all questions to Giant Food corporate headquarters in Landover, MD, where spokesman Daniel Wolk checked with officials and said they won't comment about the incident "due to it being a criminal investigation."