Elevator Urinator sought & caught

IRS Worker Allegedly Urinated in Elevator
AP

DETROIT (May 27) -- An agent used surveillance cameras to confirm a smelly suspicion: Someone had been urinating in a freight elevator at an Internal Revenue Service data center in Detroit.

Skip over this content Authorities filed a criminal charge Tuesday against Michael Hicks. In an affidavit, treasury agent Delmaria Scott said she interviewed Hicks in January 2008 and he admitted urinating in the elevator for months.

Scott said Hicks did it "because he felt he could get away with it." It cost $4,600 to clean the elevator.

Hicks, who was a contract employee at the IRS, was charged with damaging federal property. A defense lawyer was not listed.

Gina Balaya, a spokeswoman for prosecutors, says the government was unsuccessful in trying to resolve the case without a criminal charge.

What the F? I think this guy has to have the best excuse ever. 'Because I felt I could get away with it.' Glorious. I fully expected this guy to be some disgruntled employee or some guy who did it as a goof but no, he just did it because he could. I've had that attitude a few times in my life. It never left anyone having to take the stairs though.