A Houston janitor accused of urinating right into a fellow worker’s water bottle might be going through extra fees now that 13 different individuals have come ahead with comparable complaints.
Lucio Catarino Diaz, 50, was arrested final week and charged with indecent assault and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon after a feminine co-worker accused him of the incident, which she stated passed off at a medical workplace constructing, KHOU.com reported.
“This particular person is a sick man,” the unidentified girl told Houston ABC affiliate KTRK TV.
The girl informed the station that she first seen a foul odor within the worker water dispenser in August and determined to drink solely from water bottles that she introduced from residence.
Final month, she got here to suspect her personal water bottle had been tainted, which was later confirmed by a urinalysis, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
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According to Houston NBC affiliate KPRC, the girl discovered her bottle had been tampered with after she left it half-filled on her desk. When she took a sip the following day, she stated it had a cool style and scent just like what she had seen within the worker water dispenser.
So she threw her private bottle away, bought one other bottle and arrange a hidden digital camera in her workplace. The footage she captured confirmed Diaz uncapping the water bottle, unzipping his pants and placing his genitals within the bottle on two separate events.
“Pulls out his penis and places his penis in my bottle, mainly rinses his penis within the water,” she informed KTRK, describing the video.
The girl reported the actions to the police, who then questioned Diaz.
Investigators stated Diaz admitted to the urination throughout questioning and claimed he he had a “illness.” Police stated Diaz didn’t know what number of instances he urinated within the staff’ water provide.
With additional testing, the girl discovered she had herpes, which Diaz additionally examined constructive for. She claims she received the virus from Diaz, in keeping with KHOU. Docs speculated the sufferer might have contracted the illness from him, although that could be very uncommon, according to Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Diaz was arrested and brought into custody earlier than being launched on $75,000 bond. He’s presently in custody of ICE.
However he might be going through extra fees now that 13 different individuals have come ahead with comparable tales within the final 24 hours, a Houston Police Division spokesman informed HuffPost.
On Tuesday, the girl and three others filed a lawsuit in opposition to the businesses that ran the medical workplace constructing, saying that they did not do their due diligence in hiring Diaz and in addressing the water allegations, according to Law & Crime.
“Our administration firm instantly cooperated with the police division on this matter as quickly as we have been made conscious of this potential challenge by our tenant,” Terry Quinn, CEO of constructing proprietor Altera Fund Advisors, said in a statement to KTRK. “They have been suggested by the police to not alert or strategy the alleged perpetrator in order that he might be arrested. He was arrested when he returned to the constructing.”