Man fired for urinating on office chairs of co-workers he found attractive

West Des Moines police are investigating whether criminal charges are warranted in the case of a Farm Bureau employee behaving badly.

A Farm Bureau vice president told authorities that one of the agency’s employees had been caught on video urinating on the office chairs of four female co-workers. The suspect, a 59-year-old man from Des Moines, was fired on Monday, the same day police were informed of the incident at 5400 University Ave.



The man had worked in the information technology department and had access to all computers and the employee database, Farm Bureau officials told the police. Police documents said the man would look up employee photos in the database.

He “would pick out the attractive females and then on off-hours, he would come into work, go to their desk and urinate on their chairs.” Employees first started complaining about stains on their chairs in October 2011. Surveillance cameras were installed in February. The value of the damaged chairs was estimated at $4,500.