Staff Reports
A carjacking suspect in Wisconsin was hilariously placed in an extremely unpleasant situation when a courageous bystander turned over a porta-potty where the suspect was hiding and secured him inside until police arrived. Based on local reports, the suspect was among four unscrupulous individuals implicated in a hit-and-run collision and the theft of a vehicle on Interstate 43 last Wednesday. It appears that these thieves were not traveling along the path to paradise.
Carjacking suspect trapped in porta-potty by golfer following police chase: ‘I got s–t on me, bro’ https://t.co/qnSAWfixpM pic.twitter.com/XZfhwfAqbb
— New York Post (@nypost) November 22, 2023
An officer's sighting of a Dodge Durango that had been reported stolen from Plymouth, Minnesota, sparked the chaos. The driverless suspect failed to respond to the officer's salutation and instead chose to accelerate, attempting to evade the area. However, law enforcement officials would not tolerate this frivolity any longer, so they placed tire deflation devices strategically in the Durango's path. In order to evade the obstacles, the Durango deviated into a chaotic sequence of occurrences that culminated in a head-on collision with another vehicle and a precarious escape via a grassland median.
The suspects raced across multiple lanes of traffic as the Durango's doors flung open, further absurdizing an already bizarre tale. The situation resembled a scene from a farcical comedy. Following this, two of the suspects proceeded with their antics onto the adjacent Lincoln Park Golf Course. One of them fled to the woods, while the other sought refuge in a conspicuous orange porta-potty. These criminals appear to have either a perverse intuition or a perverted sense of strategy regarding where to avoid detection.
However, there was cause for optimism, as two golfers, Ilissa Boland and Adam Westermayer, valiantly rescued the day. Two witnesses, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, were astounded when they observed one of the suspects hiding in the porta-potty. In a rush, Westermayer made the expeditious decision to turn the porta-potty over, thereby successfully entrapping the suspect inside. "Good luck, man," he said as he ascended the stairs, hoping that his audacious move would buy the police officers some time. It appears that this cowardly offender obtained more than he bargained for when he selected his concealment place!
The revelation of the suspect's apprehension captured on bodycam footage completed this bizarre confection. "Let me out," the suspect can be heard yelling in the video, as police officers encircle the porta-potty with drawn weapons. Then, in the midst of the suspect's pleadings and the sloshing liquid, one officer rolled over the porta-potty and directed him to clamber out. Eventually, both the suspect and one of his accomplices in the crime were apprehended; however, two additional suspects remain at large.
This saga contains every element of a slapstick Hollywood comedy: a suspect confined in a porta-potty, a stolen vehicle, and a frantic pursuit. However, this merely serves as a conspicuous illustration of the courage and astute reasoning exhibited by ordinary citizens such as Adam Westermayer, who contributed to the efforts of law enforcement to seek justice. We earnestly wish that the remaining suspects are apprehended and that porta-potties cease to be implicated in illicit activities and can once again be utilized for their designated purpose.
