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Police use drone technology to catch ‘serial pooper’ in public park
WMTV ^ | February 7, 2026 | Katie Castellano and Dorothy Sedovic

Posted on 02/07/2026 5:08:57 PM PST by crusty old prospector

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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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Such classy people......


21 posted on 02/07/2026 5:47:39 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: metmom

We had a local B&E crook. He would poop on people;s carpets, couches, kitchen floors. It was his calling card. He was caught and went to prison because of so much evidence it was him.


22 posted on 02/07/2026 5:49:59 PM PST by healy61
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To: crusty old prospector

Just like dog poop. Turds freeze (even the juicy ones) then
they dry out and once the snow melts, they turn into a gross pile of oatmeal stuff.


23 posted on 02/07/2026 5:55:03 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Stoughton is a Madison suburb, so no, but they might name a building on the UW campus after her.


24 posted on 02/07/2026 5:59:28 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: BarbM

TMI.


25 posted on 02/07/2026 5:59:58 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Well, at least they have her DNA now so they can trace any new evidence back to her.


26 posted on 02/07/2026 6:12:25 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: crusty old prospector

My mom grew up on a farm in Southern MN. Waiting for the cow-pies to melt was a big deal back in 1936. I just added dog poo to the mix.


27 posted on 02/07/2026 6:13:13 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: BarbM

So that they could burn them as fuel?


28 posted on 02/07/2026 6:28:40 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector
I myself am a cereal pooper. Grape Nuts, Bran Flakes, Colon Blow

Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.

29 posted on 02/07/2026 6:34:16 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

Thanks, Euell. I’ll stick with the carnivore plan.


30 posted on 02/07/2026 6:40:28 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

The Denver Post
Sept. 16, 2017:

“The Mad Pooper!!” Colorado Springs police seek mystery woman they have dubbed The Mad Pooper. The apparently remorseless runner has pooped on the sidewalk in front of a certain family’s home at least once a week for the past seven weeks. The incidents stopped after much publicity, but despite being captured on camera, that individual remains unidentified to this day.

**AI just informed me of what “Ghost Wiping” means.
I wish I had never asked the question.


31 posted on 02/07/2026 7:10:20 PM PST by lee martell
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To: crusty old prospector

it believes she does not have mental health concerns.


Oh yes she does.


32 posted on 02/07/2026 7:14:48 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: lee martell

Like watching a train wreck in slow motion, I had to look it up. I couldn’t look away. TMI.


33 posted on 02/07/2026 7:22:08 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector
Just follow the other drone.


That or send in the flying crapper.



34 posted on 02/07/2026 8:34:13 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: butlerweave

[Did they rub her nose in it ?]

That made me me chuckle 😃.


35 posted on 02/07/2026 8:39:07 PM PST by Farmerbob
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To: T.B. Yoits

Who gets to empty the floating turd catcher?


36 posted on 02/07/2026 8:44:35 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

At least she’s regular….


37 posted on 02/07/2026 8:50:24 PM PST by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: crusty old prospector
Who gets to empty the floating turd catcher?

It empties over the homeless encampment. Or the freeway.

38 posted on 02/07/2026 8:58:10 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: crusty old prospector
Where are the homeless supposed to shit? Lemme guess, all of the public restrooms are locked up.

I mean, if you're gonna let homeless people live on the streets out of libtard compassion, anticipate that at some point they're gonna need to take shit.

Liberalism at work, right here.

39 posted on 02/07/2026 9:03:18 PM PST by Drew68
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To: crusty old prospector
Homeless woman shits on the sidewalk. News at 11:00.

WTF are we doing?

40 posted on 02/07/2026 9:05:36 PM PST by Drew68
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