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A Phoenix television reporter was arrested Monday afternoon for defecating on the front lawn of a residence while on assignment, police said.

Jonathan Lowe, a reporter for CBS News affiliate KPHO, was covering a story about a former Arizona State University football player who sacrificed his family’s dog in a smoker in a fit of religious rage, the Phoenix New Times reports.

“Lowe chose to use the front yard of a residence to relieve himself,” Goodyear, Arizona police spokeswoman Lisa Kutis announced.

Lowe was booked at the Goodyear Police station and cited with violating Goodyear code 11-1-30 prohibiting “public urination or defecation,” which is a misdemeanor that carries a potential penalty of six months in jail and a $2,500 fine. CBS-affiliate KPHO then fired him.

The subject of the initial story, Thompson, was booked on suspicion of two felony and four misdemeanor counts related to the death of the family's white poodle.

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