Man Charged With Urinating in Store

As of Thursday, February 2, 2012

A Fayetteville man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he concealed merchandise and urinated on merchandise Wednesday while in Walmart.

Aberdeen police arrested Eric Clayton Matthews, 45, Wednesday and charged him with indecent exposure, shoplifting/concealment of goods, injury to personal property and resisting an officer. He also is facing two counts of misdemeanor larceny and a second-degree trespass charge on three failure-to-appear warrants.

Police say a Walmart em-ployee observed Matthews placing a variety of medications, shampoos and lotions in a coat that was in a large shopping cart. The store security officer followed Matthews as he pushed his cart through the store until he reached the toys.

“While he was under observation, he peed on the toys,” Aberdeen Deputy Chief Jim Foster said.

After relieving himself, Matthews pushed his shopping cart to the entrance of the store, Foster said, where he left the cart and exited the store. Matthews met another individual outside the store.

The store employee called 911 and two nearby officers responded, according to Foster.

“The two officers detained one person and then the other man (Matthews) just disappeared,” Foster said.

Moments later, the suspect was found under a vehicle. Officer removed him and placed him under arrest.

Matthews was jailed under a $2,400 secured bond.

No charges have been filed against the other individual, whose name was not released.

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justmyopinion 1 year, 3 months ago

Typical yankee behavior

clbvpm 1 year, 3 months ago

Shopping elsewhere for toys...

LeeMcGraw 1 year, 3 months ago

Remember the postcards that showed a dog going on tobacco plants with the caption "Do your cigarettes taste funny lately?" Well, Christmas is gonna need a real pine tree this year. Arrrg what a case! I hope the guilty party is made to clean toilets and gets the mental help needed.

Bentpan 1 year, 3 months ago

Has the OWS invaded our local Walmart, sure sounds like their M.O.

RD28327 1 year, 3 months ago

Reckon they moved the bathroom closer to the toy section???

cantstandya 1 year, 3 months ago

justmyopinion,"Typical yankee behavior" Don't know what that was all about but but take the yankee money out of this area and it would be a grease spot on the map.

Thatcher 1 year, 3 months ago

For too long now, conservatives in Congress have refused to fund Obama's "Don't Pee On Walmart Toys Bill." This long-awaited federal program, like Obama's program to refinance everyone's mortgage for free, is stalled ONLY because conservatives are mean-spirited and heartless (and racists). Only a federal program can cure this problem, and like most federal programs, there is NO cost to the taxpayers. It's free. Because conservatives are "playing to their base" and refusing to act, the problem has now spread to Bed, Bath & Beyond. One of many reasons to simply say: Obama 2012.

bobbylaton 1 year, 3 months ago

Leave the guy alone, he was heading for the Lawn & Garden department. When he couldn't make it he spotted the sand toys.

girlymonster 1 year, 3 months ago

i only have one word..... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

fugitiveguy 1 year, 3 months ago

"Has the OWS invaded our local Walmart, sure sounds like their M.O."

Good one!

fugitiveguy 1 year, 3 months ago

Does that void the warranty?

skylinefirepest 1 year, 3 months ago

Oh Geez, are we sure he's not the Harley man??

bobbylaton 1 year, 3 months ago

Was it on the sand bucket or in the sand bucket?

inthepines 1 year, 3 months ago

It must have been an obama doll.

JER 1 year, 3 months ago

Sounds like the guy might have been a Marine. Check and see if he video taped his performance.

Bflat 1 year, 3 months ago

Ah yes..."the people of Walmart" as in the emails with pictures of various...ummm...fashion statements.

Hmmm..... he never took the loaded cart out of the store. Maybe he got scared when the cops came running. Years ago someone was knocked to the ground by cops who mistakenly thought he was shoplifting. Always have your receipt in hand or where you can lay hands on it.

LeeMcGraw 1 year, 3 months ago

Well Whizkid, urine trouble now. This is America European in.

dustyrhoades 1 year, 3 months ago

Wonder who leaked the story?

AFCHIEF 1 year, 3 months ago

JER, your commet about the Marines is not funny, to bad your hiding behind your computer screen with an alias. I know plenty of Marines who would love to..... fill in the blanks

Hembloche 1 year, 3 months ago

OOOH. I love fill in the blanks! Let's see... is it "Hold you close on a cold winters night"?

lakeview 1 year, 3 months ago

JER, you should be banned for your remark about the marines. Obviously, you think you have to comment on everything. Shut up once in awhile. Give us hope that you're not the dumbass your comments make you out to be.

Hembloche 1 year, 3 months ago

Those Marines deserve every bit of the ridicule they receive. They were dumb enough to tape themselves urinating on corpses. How can you defend that? Our military, for the most part, is made up of amazing individuals. I would hope that they would be just as willing to denounce the actions of the Marines in question.

AFCHIEF 1 year, 3 months ago

Not the smartest thing those Marines did, but then again they could have chopped the heads off and hung the bodies from a tree... OH WAIT THATS WHAT THE TERRORIST DO TO AMERICANS

Arestorer 1 year, 3 months ago

Baliff;;;; Whack his PeePee !!

leftfield 1 year, 3 months ago

"Sounds like the guy might have been a Marine. Check and see if he video taped his performance."

Good one.

buddysmith 1 year, 3 months ago

if he could have held it, a few more minutes, he would have been near the litter boxes over in the cat section. maybe they could not have charged him, seeing that is what the litter boxes are for?????

Courseaire 1 year, 3 months ago

AFCHIEF & Lakeview – Sorry, but I disagree with your assessment of JER’s comment. Since this is a story on peeing, the inference to the tiny bladder Marines would make it appropriate, especially since the guy was from Fayetteville. You may not like it, but any peeing story for some time will be compared to those Marines. This story reminds me of Larry the Cable Guy's pooping routine on Home Depot - now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

Hembloche 1 year, 3 months ago

@AFCHIEF- No one is trying to argue that the terrorists aren't absolutely horrible, worthless people, but we as a people should hold ourselves to higher standards. If we don't what's the point in even fighting? If we go overseas and adopt the same tactics as our terrorist enemies how are we any better than them? We'll never "win the hearts & minds" of the non-terrorist majority if we act just like the terrorists they've suffered under all these years.