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"Man with urine fetish to serve 60 days in jail"

By Douglas A. Berman

I will flush a long week away with this local Ohio sentencing story that has the same headline as the title of this post.  Here are the particulars: A man with a urine fetish will begin serving a 60-day jail sentence on April 24, a Franklin County Municipal Court judge ruled today.  Alan Patton, 57, was convicted of criminal mischief in September for placing plastic wrap on toilet seats and foam cups in the urinals of a men's room at SportsOhio in Dublin on June 14. Judge Anne Taylor imposed the sentence on Sept. 9 but delayed sending Patton to jail while his attorneys appealed her right to order a psychological evaluation of their client.  The Franklin County Court of Appeals upheld Taylor's decision two weeks ago.... Patton admitted to Dublin police that he placed the items in the restroom of the athletics complex to collect the urine of young boys...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).