Wisconsin English teacher admits to repeatedly pooping in local park

A Wisconsin English teacher has admitted to defecating on a 
building in a public park for more than two years, a report said.

Jeffrey Churchwell, 60, who will be retiring from Milton School 
District in January, allegedly fessed up to littering Natureland 
Park with poop since 2017, leaving behind his human waste and 
used toilet paper, according to The Janesville Gazette.

His run came to an end on Oct. 8 — the same day a county worker 
met with a sheriff’s deputy over a complaint about somebody 
repeatedly going to the bathroom on a park building up to five 
days a week, sometimes several times per day, the report said.

Churchwell has agreed to pay $5,705 in restitution to the Public 
Works Department, the agency tasked with cleaning up his feces. 
The longtime teacher is also on the hook for a $365 fine, the 
report said, citing reports from the Walworth County Sheriff’s 
Office.

During Churchwell’s reign, the parks department, on occasion, 
would have to pressure wash and repaint the building.

The day Churchwell was busted, the parks worker provided the 
deputy with surveillance footage showing the suspect in action. 
The photos also captured a gray Chevy Malibu and parts of its 
license plate.

Later that same day, the deputy saw the vehicle in question, 
being driven by Churchwell, near the park and stopped him, the 
report said.

During questioning, Churchwell allegedly admitted he knew why he 
was being stopped when the deputy indicated the department had 
photos of him.

It was because of “going to the bathroom,” the teacher said, 
later clarifying he did “No. 2” by the park building without a 
bathroom, the report said.

Churchwell also admitted he sometimes pooped in the park on his 
way to work.

Initially, the suspect said he had been relieving himself in the 
park since the summer, but later said it has been going on for 
more than a year.

Churchwell also allegedly said he had done it at the park to be 
disrespectful and for the convenience.

The following day, he sent an email to sheriff’s deputy, 
apologizing for his misdeeds.

“I’m so disappointed in myself. I have the great opportunity to 
teach ‘Political Rhetoric.’ … In this class, I stress the 
importance of involved citizenship. And then there I am being a 
lousy citizen of Walworth County. My hypocrisy now sickens me,” 
he wrote.

The Wisconsin case is reminiscent of an occurrence out of New 
Jersey, when a school superintendent plead guilty to defecating 
under bleachers on Kenilworth Public Schools property.

Thomas Tramaglini, who has since left his post, was identified 
in May 2018 as the suspect responsible for the “human feces” 
found near Holmdel High School’s track field on a “daily basis.”

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to-repeatedly-pooping-in-local-park/