On scene television reporters often spend long periods of time at the scene of a story for the “live shots” you see on news programs, and since you can never predict where you’ll be reporting from, accommodations can vary. So when “duty” called, this reporter in Arizona chose to relieve himself in a neighboring yard. And then was promptly arrested for public defacation.
Here’s the whole story from THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
And the equally appalling story he was covering, concerning a former college football player who put his family’s poodle in a barbeque smoker, also from THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.