Brookfield, Wisconsin man charged with stealing toilet and urinal parts

March 30, 2013

Yesterday, the district attorney charged Cory J. Feerick, a 33-year-old from, Wisconsin, with five misdemeanor counts of stealing 35,000 worth of  from fast food restaurants and university toilets and urinals. If convicted, Feerick could spend to 9 to 45 months in jail, and pay between US$10,000 and US$50,000 in fines.

Initially arrested in late January following a local news television story on the thefts, he stands accused of stealing parts worth between US$300 and US$600 each from locations that included, , , , , the on Capitol Drive in Brookfield, and the  also located on Capitol Drive in Brookfield.

Feerick was dubbed the "Backpack Bathroom Bandit" by the media because video showed him committing the thefts while wearing a backpack. The thefts reportedly took place in September and October of last year, with several area police departments involved in investigating them.