Arizona TV Reporter Arrested for Defecating on Lawn While Covering a Story

NYDailyNew ^ | 5-20-2016 | Christopher Brennan

[Main Street]

Getting the story is always priority No. 1, but 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 a front lawn near the subject of his story’s home.

The 33-year-old was seen by a neighbor as he picked up papers from the street before leaning against the wall of a house and relieving himself, according to a Goodyear police report obtained by his station.

An officer tasked with the job of tracking Lowe down said the suspect admitted to using the yard as an impromptu latrine.

Lowe was arrested for public defecation, and now faces a fine of $2,500 or six months in jail for the misdemeanor, according to the Phoenix 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.”

The journalist’s bio page on the station’s site is no longer active, while a list of his articles shows the story he was covering during his bathroom breakdown.

[KC_Lion]

Again!?

[chris37]

He should have said he identifies as a dog.

[Blue Jays]

They will get to the bottom of this story soon enough.

[T-Bone Texan]

Wow. My grandma was born near Goodyear when it was still Arizona Territory.

[T-Bone Texan]

I wonder if he got the scoop!

[MeganC]

No s**t?

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

[556x45]

LOL, that was funny! :)

[Drango]

If he self identifies as as a lawn pincher, what’s the problem?

[FirstFlaBn]

The 33-year-old was seen by a neighbor as he picked up papers from the street before leaning against the wall of a house and relieving himself

Puts a new twist on 'Eyewitness News.'

Shouldn't the reporter be given an award for recycling?

Mebbe the reporter is transgender and couldn't puzzle out which restroom to use that day.

[chaosagent]

Well, when you gotta go, you gotta go.

[PATRIOT1876]

Are you lonely?
All your needs catered
You got your self defecated

John Lowe, John Lowe
John Lowe, the problem is you
What you gonna do?

John Lowe, John Lowe

John Lowe, John Lowe
John Lowe, the problem is YOU!

-Slightly altered from the Sex Pistols song

[OwenKellogg]

I’m sure this will earn the Pulitzer Prize — like so many other smelly piles have.

[Snickering Hound]

[Red Badger]

S#!77Y reporter...............

[henkster]

Every neighborhood has a yard pooper.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If he has IBS the Americans with Disability Act will be invoked.

[RckyRaCoCo]

I’ve heard reporters getting a scoop on a story....

[HiTech RedNeck]

He got the real poop on his scoop, or something like that.