VANCOUVER, Wash. — A former supervisor at an Arby’s restaurant in Washington has been sentenced to greater than 5 years in jail after admitting he possessed baby pornography and urinated right into a milkshake combine which may have been served to dozens of individuals.
Vancouver police mentioned they uncovered footage of Stephen S. Sharp, 29, peeing right into a bag of milkshake combine as they searched his cellphone as a part of the kid pornography investigation, The Columbian newspaper reported.
Sharp pleaded responsible Aug. 16 in Clark County Superior Court docket to 3 counts of first-degree possession of kid pornography and one rely of second-degree tried assault. Choose Derek Vanderwood sentenced him Monday to 5 years and 7 months in jail.
As a part of his plea settlement, Sharp should register as a intercourse offender and is prohibited from going to any Arby’s eating places.
Sharp was working alone at an Arby’s in Vancouver’s Mill Plain neighborhood in October 2021 when he urinated a minimum of twice into the milkshake combine bag.
In line with an affidavit filed in Clark County Superior Court docket, he informed investigators he did it for sexual gratification and was “virtually certain” he threw the bag out afterward. If he didn’t throw the bag away, he mentioned, it could have been added to different combine by the subsequent shift and served to prospects.
One other supervisor on the Arby’s informed detectives the restaurant bought a minimum of one ice cream float and about 30 to 40 milkshakes that day, courtroom information mentioned. The Vancouver Police Division tried to determine individuals who might need consumed the milkshakes, however Senior Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Vu mentioned Monday that none had turned up.
Sharp apologized to his household and to Clark County throughout his sentencing.
Clark County Public Well being Director Dr. Alan Melnick has mentioned there isn’t a vital well being danger to consuming a drink contaminated with urine.