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Professor Pee Pee Strikes Again

Tihomir Petrov, 43, a math professor at Cal State Northridge is charged with two misdemeanor counts of urinating in a public place for allegedly peeing on a colleague's door. According to investigators, the incident, reportedly captured on video, stemmed from a dispute. A camera was set up by by school officials after discovering puddles of what they thought was urine by the professor's door. Petrov's arraignment is set for Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court in San Fernando, reports KTLA.
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