Isn't This Ridiculous??

Man accused of taking SDT truck in Chalmette pleads not guilty

by The Times-Picayune

Philip Barbarin

A man accused in March of taking an SDT Waste & Debris truck from the company's Chalmette storage yard and dumping hundreds of gallons of portable-toilet waste into a Lower 9th Ward storm drain pleaded not guilty Wednesday in state district court in St. Bernard Parish.

Philip Barbarin, 32, faces a felony charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office arrested him March 18, three days after SDT owner Sidney Torres IV reported the truck stolen.

Barbarin, of Gretna, is the same man Torres alleged last fall illegally dumped waste collected from SDT portable toilets into a City Park drain after the Voodoo Music Experience.

His next court appearance is set for July 21, with a trial set for Oct. 20 at the parish courthouse in Chalmette.