[IP] Newsday.com: Student Charged With Clogging Toilet
Student Charged With Clogging Toilet
August 26, 2004, 7:37 AM EDT
PORT OF SWEET GRASS, Mont. -- Jesse Huffman insists he didn't do it on
purpose, but the toilet he left plugged after "nature called" at this
border crossing in north-central Montana has him facing criminal
charges.
Toole County authorities charged the 19-year-old college student from
Great Falls with criminal mischief after a border agent accused him of
intentionally clogging the toilet.
Huffman said the clogged piping was completely unintentional, the
result of an urgent, but natural bodily function.
"I've never been arrested before or anything like that, and I get
arrested for taking a dump," said Huffman, a student at Montana State
University in Bozeman.
Huffman was returning to Montana from a trip to Lethbridge, Alberta
with four friends Saturday. Port authorities stopped their car for what
was apparently a random search. The car's 19-year-old driver was cited
for illegally possessing alcohol.
Huffman said he asked to use the bathroom while waiting for the driver.
A short time later, a port inspector discovered the toilet was clogged
and threatened charges, Huffman said.
Cory Grayson, one of Huffman's friends, said he couldn't believe it
when border agents first threatened charges.
"I didn't think they were serious at first, I was just laughing so
hard," he said.
Port Director Larry Overcast said he could not comment on the case.
Huffman said he has hired an attorney and intends to fight the charge.
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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com
Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press
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