Police use drone technology to catch ‘serial pooper’ in public park

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STOUGHTON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) – A police department in Wisconsin used a drone to find a person it said was repeatedly defecating in a public park.

The Stoughton Police Department reported Thursday it received dozens of complaints about feces and used toilet paper found along a park’s walking path. Officials did not specify which park.

The department said it used drones and trail cameras to identify the suspect.

The department determined a pattern using the trail cameras and noted the person would defecate in the park during early morning hours.

Officers made contact with the person, identified as a 46-year-old woman, after a drone recorded her in the act.

The Stoughton Police Department said the woman is not homeless and that it believes she does not have mental health concerns.

“When we first learned of it, we thought it was going to be isolated,” Lt. Chad O’Neil of the Stoughton Police Department said. “But then with neighbors and users of the park continuing to call us to complain about it, I realized that it wasn’t going away.”

Lt. O’Neil said the suspect claimed to have used the bathroom at a certain time and location based on a personal pattern.

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