Man with urine fetish could be punished under law he inspired

A man with a history of collecting urine from public restrooms was taken into custody on Friday and charged with criminal mischief, and now he could be punished under a law he helped inspire. Alan Patton Jr. from Dublin was taken into custody just after 3:30 p.m. at his Emberwood Road home, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's office. Patton was also charged with unlawful collection of a bodily substance. According to the Delaware County Sheriff's office, on Oct. 29 at about 7 p.m., an off-duty deputy encountered a suspicious person in the men's restroom at Burger King, located at 8667 Columbus Pike, in Lewis Center.



After several minutes of observing unusual behaviour and attempting to speak to the man, the deputy determined that the man had inserted materials into the toilet for the purpose of collecting urine from the patrons at the Burger King. Deputies said that it was suspected that Patton targeted the restaurant because it has a play area where children are known to gather. "The deputy followed the subject to the parking lot and observed him getting into a tan 1993 Buick Park Avenue," said Sheriff Walter Davis in a news release. "The vehicle's registration came back to Alan Patton."

Patton has had multiple incidents involving the collection of urine from central Ohio restrooms. In June 2008, Patton was arrested at Sports Ohio, where police said that he attempted to collect urine from a boy using the restroom. Patton pleaded no contest to criminal mischief charges and served 60 days in jail. After Patton was arrested in 2008, state Sen. Jim Hughes helped pass legislation that would make collecting urine or other bodily substances a crime unless the person had privilege to do so, such as a doctor.



Patton became the face of the bill that Hughes sponsored. "The intent of this bill is to protect children and keep them safe and to give the prosecutor and police another tool to put these people away and keep them away from our children," Hughes said. Patton could face punishment under the same law he inspired. Under the law, a first offence is a misdemeanor and a second offence is a felony.