Man gets 5 days in Nebraska jail for using plant as toilet

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Illinois man who used indoor potted plants as a toilet was sent to jail in Nebraska - for five days.

The Omaha Police Department says officers responded to a report of a 32-year-old man pulling down his pants earlier this week to defecate on a potted plant in the waiting room area of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Omaha. A building supervisor says he then urinated on another plant.

The Omaha World-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1AMh4rZ ) the man pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and received a five-day jail sentence Tuesday in lieu of paying a fine.

Police say the man explained his actions by saying, "Sometimes you have to let the bear outside the woods."

A police report says the man has no ties to the community.

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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, http://www.omaha.com