Protester Urinated at State House

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a 47-year-old man who identified himself as an Occupy Columbia protester was arrested for urinating near a monument on Statehouse grounds, but protesters say they don’t know him. The arrest Wednesday night for disorderly conduct could be the first evidence of what Gov. Nikki Haley has been complaining about for weeks. Public records requests for complaints, reports or video have previously produced nothing. A police report says Toby Wood of Columbia was arrested after an officer saw him urinate in the grass near the Veterans Monument. Wood has no listed phone number. Protesters at the Statehouse Thursday said he could be a homeless man claiming to be one of them. The report’s release comes as a federal judge validated a new rule banning camping on Statehouse grounds.