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Serial Toilet Clogger Sentenced To 150days In Jail, 3 yrs of Probation
By Diana Dombrowski, Sheboygan Press
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A 35-year- old Wisconsin man was sen- tenced Monday to three years of probation for clogging women's
toilets in Deland Park and at his place of work.
Patrick D. Beeman was originally charged with 12 misdemeanors of criminal damage to property, but seven of the charges were dismissed in early June.
As conditions of probation, Beeman will have to serve 150 days in jail, pay more than
$5,500 in restitu- tion, not be allowed to pos- sess or con- sumer alcohol or any controlled substances,
and complete 100 hours of community serv- ice.
While the state recommended Beeman serve only 30 days in jail as part of his probation, Judge
Kent Hoffmann sentenced him to 30 days for each of the five counts of criminal dam- age to property, served consecu- tively, citing the need for a more severe punish- ment.
Beeman will be able to partici- pate in the Huber program, which will allow him to continue working at his current job, but require him to report back to jail each day after work.
Beeman apolo- gized for the damage and stress he
caused in a statement that he read during the sentencing hear- ing Monday.
"I need to make things right and pray forgiveness every day," he
said.
According to a criminal com- plaint, officers found a toilet in the women's bathroom at Deland Community Center clogged by a plastic bottle last March. Water was over- flowing from the toilet.
Officers had checked the rest- rooms the previ- ous evening and the toilets were not damaged. Officers reviewed 10 similar inci- dents beginning in April 2017 where toilets were clogged. The city deter- mined each inci- dent caused about $200 in damage, the complaint said.
Officers were able to identify
Beeman after speaking with a manager at the temp agency for which Beeman worked, who said Beeman dam- aged toilets at a company where he was placed by the agency, the complaint said. He was employed there only about a month. The man- ager said Beeman was placed at another company, where incidents of a similar nature began to happen.
According to
the complaint, Be eman told police he gets urges to do odd things, such as look for bottles in the garbage to
plug toilets. He said he stopped when he heard police were investigating.
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