Cops Don’t Buy Call of Nature Excuse

After officers allegedly caught him red-handed trying to break into a Blackwood apartment, Juan Anderson tried to blame an overactive bladder for his behavior, report.

Anderson, 42, of Flagstone Drive, Erial, was presumably giving access to the toilets at Camden County Jail after he was held there on several charges.

Police responded to the I building of at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a suspicious man looking into an apartment and removing a screen from a ground-floor window. A witness reported seeing the suspect place the screen on the ground near a sliding glass door.

Officers found Anderson, who matched the suspect description, crouching by a ground-floor window. Police describe him as “startled,” and Anderson told police he was urinating and waiting for a friend, according to the report.

The officers found the window screen on the ground, as well as “fresh pry marks,” police said. The apartment’s occupant told officers she heard a noise earlier, but didn’t see anything when she looked outside.

Anderson is charged with criminal mischief, criminal trespass and criminal attempt burglary. He was held at the county jail on $10,000 bail.