DUBLIN, Ohio (WBNS) - A convicted sex offender faces charges after he allegedly hid inside public restrooms as part of an attempt to obtain and drink boys' urine.

According to police, Alan Patton was discovered trying to collect urine inside a men's restroom at Sports Ohio in Dublin on June 14, 10TV's Kurt Ludlow reported.

Police said that Patton, 56, had shut off water to the urinals and placed cups inside them. Police subsequently charged Patton with criminal mischief, Ludlow reported.

At the time of his arrest, Patton told officers that "he wasn't hurting anyone and that he suffers from an illness," according to a police report.

Patton, who is a registered sex offender, was first arrested in 1994 on charges of voyeurism, Ludlow reported.

After another arrest in 2006, he told Gahanna police that he suffered from urophilia - a sexual fetish involving urine. He also told police that drinking boys' urine made him feel like he was " drinking their youth," Ludlow reported.

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