One of three publicity-hungry YouTubers arrested near Nancy Guthrie’s empty Arizona home allegedly pitched a “pee tent” — and dumped his urine in plain view of the neighborhood, according to court documents.
Alexander Zabel Jr., the tatted-up host of the YouTube channel CriminalNetwork, set up a purported “pee tent” on the road near Guthrie’s house in the Catalina Foothills on Monday, according to documents obtained by KOLD.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the outlet deputies were planning to arrest a YouTuber who they suspected had camped in a tent near Guthrie’s home and was seen dumping urine on a nearby property.
Zabel, 54, was taken into custody hours later.
He also allegedly placed traffic cones on the community’s roadway while he sat in a lawn chair during a May 26 livestream, court papers said.
Troy Lewis “DAA Juice” Bradshaw, 34, and Damian Todd Enderle, the 46-year-old behind the YouTube channel 857 Tucson, were also each slapped with one count of public nuisance, the sheriff’s department said.
All three YouTubers have latched onto the Guthrie’s missing person case, which has gone cold as it has crept into its fifth month.
Zabel’s “offensive” outdoor lavatory interfered “with the comfortable enjoyment of life of property by the entire community,” court documents said.
Zabel and Bradshaw were held in the Pima County Adult Detention Complex on Monday while Enderle was cited and released at the scene.
Bradshaw is separately accused of “causing a nuisance” while live-streaming in the Tucson community.
“They have officially arrested DAA JUICE. They are taking him to Pima County Jail as we speak right now. We need to get lawyers. We are being targeted,” Enderle said on his livestream after capturing the moment his pal was cuffed.
Deputies have issued repeated warnings against trespassing in the neighborhood specifically aimed social media users trying to seize on the virality of Guthrie’s shocking disappearance.
Zabel was charged for obstruction of a highway or thoroughfare and public nuisance, according to the sheriff’s department.
Zabel was held on a $453 bond, and Bradshaw was detained on a measly $255 bond. Their cultish followers raised enough money to cover their bail by Monday night, Enderle announced on his livestream.
Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her home in the early hours of Feb. 1. Authorities suspect that she was abducted — and a mystery man was seen loitering on her front stoop the very night she disappeared.
