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Man Sentenced to 18 Months in State Prison for Peeing on the Alamo
The state of Texas might take its history a little too seriously: On Monday, a Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in state prison for pissing on the Alamo.
As reported in The Smoking Gun, an Alamo Ranger found 23-year-old Daniel Athens standing in a "chained off area [of the Alamo] not open to the public" in April 2012. A clearly drunk Athens made "the motions of putting his penis back in his pants"; later, "a puddle on the original mortar of the Shrine" was spotted near where Athens had been standing.
Athens pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge in February; in doing so, he avoided the maximum sentence of two years in custody, hough he's ineligible for parole and will serve the full 18-month sentence. He was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution.
Urinating on the Alamo is a serious offense, in part because of the building's limestone base. From the Smoking Gun:
The state of Texas might take its history a little too seriously: On Monday, a Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in state prison for pissing on the Alamo.
As reported in The Smoking Gun, an Alamo Ranger found 23-year-old Daniel Athens standing in a "chained off area [of the Alamo] not open to the public" in April 2012. A clearly drunk Athens made "the motions of putting his penis back in his pants"; later, "a puddle on the original mortar of the Shrine" was spotted near where Athens had been standing.
Athens pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge in February; in doing so, he avoided the maximum sentence of two years in custody, hough he's ineligible for parole and will serve the full 18-month sentence. He was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution.
Urinating on the Alamo is a serious offense, in part because of the building's limestone base. From the Smoking Gun:
