Piss Bandit who taunts locals with urine bottles labeled HIV positive is Californias number-one menace

Someone has been pissing off the rich of California.Every few days, a mysterious figure in a mask and latex gloves carries bottles of urine to an affluent neighborhood, carefully arranges them on a utility box, and then vanishes into the night. Known as the “Piss Bandit,” for the past six years he’s left his mark on Pasadena with soda bottles, juice cartons, and even gallon jugs full to the brim with yellow liquid.Nobody knows his identity and he taunts the locals with notes and drawings scrawled on his bottles: “human urine,” crude smiley faces, or sometimes “HIV positive.”The Piss Bandit sometimes strikes multiple times a week with bottles appearing in the morning and disappearing by nightfall.The bizarre behavior has been going on for so long that round rings have been etched into the paint of the utility box.The city outfitted the box with a pointed metal cover in an attempt to stop the flow, but the bandit simply tore it off, leaving a fresh batch of bottles for their trouble.“It’s been a tug-o-war between the neighborhood and this guy,” said Grant Yasura, who launched a monthlong investigation into the culprit with his partner, filmmaker Derek Milton.The first video of their investigation gained more than 600,000 views on TikTok.

To Milton and Yasura, the bandit isn’t a disgusting vandal, but a vigilante artist – a Robin Hood figure who has made the town of Pasadena his Little John.“His dedication to his craft is what intrigued us,” Yasura told the Post.Yet for the neighborhood — an oasis of expensive homes, swimming pools, and carefully manicured lawns — the bandit is a number-one menace.“I found it disgusting.Never did I ever consider it an art form in any way shape or form,” said Oscar Laguna, who owned a house near the offender’s drop site until February.Another neighbor posted a hand-written note for the bandit: “If I catch you leaving your piss here, I will make you drink every last drop! … You have been warne...