Louisiana water plant employee arrested after being caught on camera peeing in water supply.
What happens when you turn the town’s water supply into your personal toilet? If you’re an employee of the water plant you lose your job and you get arrested. It turns out they frown on that kind of behavior.
An employee at a water treatment plant in Louisiana found this out the hard way. While it’s unknown how many times he peed in the water supply, he was caught on camera twice relieving himself directly into a water tank.
Despite having changed the angle of the security camera, Mastin could allegedly be seen in full view of the camera and at one occasion, looking directly at the camera.
“I am extremely disappointed, and I find this conduct disgusting and unacceptable,” Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment said. “This type of behavior will never be tolerated in parish government.”
Ascension Parish officials reportedly learned of Mastin’s actions shortly after March 22, according to the statement. An investigation was opened that same morning, and by afternoon, Mastin was terminated from his position, according to reports.
Mastin was taken into custody just hours after he was fired, according to jail records.
Mastin did not give authorities a reason for his actions upon arrest, the Advocate reported, but further investigation showed that he allegedly urinated in the water supply at least one other time in the last 30 days. It is unclear if he has done it more than twice, since the plant’s security archive only goes back 30 days, the Advocate reported.
The man would move the security camera before doing his deed into the water. He didn’t move it far enough a couple of times last week. He was seen, and heard, standing on a walkway next to the water letting it fly.
57-year-old Michael Mastin was fired last Wednesday afternoon after Ascension Parish officials discovered that he peed into the water the prior Sunday. He was then arrested by the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Mastin was booked into the Parish jail. He was charged with two counts of contaminating water supplies and two counts of criminal damage to critical infrastructure.
Federal authorities have been notified and will be continuing the investigation into Mastin’s actions, authorities said.
Local authorities, however, are assuring the public there is no threat to the water supply as samples taken after the incident show the water quality is “in good standing and meets all safe water drinking requirements,” the statement read.
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