A man who admitted to masturbating during a school swimming contest told arresting officers that Justin Bieber told him to go there using “a brainwave message”.

Lawrence E. Adamczyk, 49, told officers he originally planned to go to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, to look for young boys to have sex with, but when he passed Riverside Brookfield High School, he said he received a psychic message from Bieber.

The police report reads: “[Lawrence] received a brainwave message from Hollywood recording artist Justin Bieber telling [him] to go to the school to see the kids.”

Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel adds: “His intent was clear. Not only did he intend to enter the high school to locate a young male to victimize but if he was unsuccessful, he was prepared to walk half a block north to the Brookfield Zoo and look for an additional young boy to victimize.”