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Man Arrested After Peeing on $10,000 Worth of Food at Sam’s Club, Police Say

  • Patrick Francis Mitchell, a 70-year-old resident of The Villages, is accused of urinating on food items valued at more than $10,000 during an incident at a Sam's Club in Lady Lake, Florida, on May 30, 2025.
  • The incident took place after a female shopper photographed Mitchell as he allegedly urinated on two pallets stocked with hundreds of canned Spam and Vienna sausage units, which led to a police inquiry and the filing of an affidavit on June 3.
  • Surveillance footage and store records confirmed urine contamination on the products, forcing employees to discard the inventory and causing a loss estimated at $10,584.84.
  • On June 4, Mitchell was taken into custody and faces felony charges for criminal mischief involving damages exceeding $1,000, as well as a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct; he entered a plea of not guilty at his court hearing on June 10.
  • Mitchell's legal matter is ongoing, with a court hearing set for June 30 in Lake County’s main trial court.
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Man arrested after peeing on $10,000 worth of food at Sam’s Club, police say

The incident happened May 30 at a Sam’s Club in Lady Lake, Florida, near Orlando. (Source: AP Images, Canva, DCC Gray News)

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