Arizona TV reporter arrested for defecating on lawn while covering a story
Jonathan Lowe, a reporter for KPHO in Phoenix, was arrested for allegedly defecating on someone's lawn during a story.
(KPHO NEWS)
CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, May 20, 2016, 4:07 AM
Getting the story is always priority No. 1, though a Phoenix TV reporter seems to have forgotten about No. 2 until it was too late.
Jonathan Lowe, a reporter for KPHO, was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly defecating on the front lawn near a story subject’s home.
The 33-year-old was spotted by a neighbor who saw the local celebrity picking up papers from the street before leaning against the wall of a house and relieving himself, according to a Goodyear police report obtainedby his station.
An officer tasked with the job of tracking Lowe down said the suspect admitted to using the yard as an impromptu latrine.
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“I know what you want to talk to me about. I’ve been feeling very sick and I’ve been stuck in this van all day,” he said, according to the report.
A police report narrative showed Lowe telling an officer that he had been feeling sick.
(GOODYEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT)
“Those people who called on me just wanted to start problems.”
The woman who made the call about Lowe heeding nature’s call said that he could have used her bathroom if he had knocked on her door.
Lowe was arrested for public defecation, and now faces up to $2,500 or six months in jail for the misdemeanor, according to thePhoenix New Times.
KPHO news director Dan Wilson told the Times Wednesday that Lowe was still employed, though the channel’s Thursday night write-up of their colleague’s legal troubles called him a “former KPHO/KTVK reporter.”
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The reporter was called a "former" employee by the TV station where he used to work.
(GOODYEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT)
The journalist’s bio page on the station’s site is no longer active, though a list of his articles shows the story he was covering during his bathroom breakdown.
Lowe's final piece forhis station was an article about the case of Patrick Zane Thompson.
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Jonathan Lowe, a reporter for KPHO in Phoenix, was arrested for allegedly defecating on someone's lawn during a story.
(KPHO NEWS)
CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, May 20, 2016, 4:07 AM
Getting the story is always priority No. 1, though a Phoenix TV reporter seems to have forgotten about No. 2 until it was too late.
Jonathan Lowe, a reporter for KPHO, was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly defecating on the front lawn near a story subject’s home.
The 33-year-old was spotted by a neighbor who saw the local celebrity picking up papers from the street before leaning against the wall of a house and relieving himself, according to a Goodyear police report obtainedby his station.
An officer tasked with the job of tracking Lowe down said the suspect admitted to using the yard as an impromptu latrine.
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“I know what you want to talk to me about. I’ve been feeling very sick and I’ve been stuck in this van all day,” he said, according to the report.
A police report narrative showed Lowe telling an officer that he had been feeling sick.
(GOODYEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT)
“Those people who called on me just wanted to start problems.”
The woman who made the call about Lowe heeding nature’s call said that he could have used her bathroom if he had knocked on her door.
Lowe was arrested for public defecation, and now faces up to $2,500 or six months in jail for the misdemeanor, according to thePhoenix New Times.
KPHO news director Dan Wilson told the Times Wednesday that Lowe was still employed, though the channel’s Thursday night write-up of their colleague’s legal troubles called him a “former KPHO/KTVK reporter.”
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The reporter was called a "former" employee by the TV station where he used to work.
(GOODYEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT)
The journalist’s bio page on the station’s site is no longer active, though a list of his articles shows the story he was covering during his bathroom breakdown.
Lowe's final piece forhis station was an article about the case of Patrick Zane Thompson.
The 58-year-old former Arizona State football player and restaurant owner is accused of “sacrificing” his family’s poodle in a BBQ smoker after becoming upset about his daughter’s t-shirt.