81-Yr Old Urinates in Park

She's 81-years old and could go to jail for urinating in Bienville Square.

Back in June, nature called after Lula Mae Battle paid a visit to her bank in Downtown Mobile. They didn't have a public restroom and Battle says she couldn't make it to the restroom on the other side of the square fast enough. "I was trying to make it across the road. All of them cars coming that way..and I couldn't get across, and I urinated on myself. I was wet. All my shoes and everything were wet", says Battle.

So, the 81-year old jumped in some nearby bushes to relieve herself. It just so happened that the bushes surrounded a Mobile Police substation. She was arrested and charged with public lewdness. Battle says, "I was crying, please don't put me in jail. Please don't put me in jail. I was crying".

Mobile Police won't comment on the case but tell us that Battle's trial is set for September. Battle is out on bond until that trial.

By then, Battle will be 82-years old.

Defense lawyer Jay Casey has a lot to say about what happened to his client. "She says she was apologetic and tried to explain what had happened. This situation is just an old lady that couldn't control herself. I'm sure in the past there's been problems with people abusing the system but this isn't it. You know when people get to that age, they're worried about going to jail and worried about what people may think of them. She is actually worried about going to jail."

Public lewdness is a Class C misdemeanor and could get Battle up to 3 months in jail and a 500 dollar fine. Casey plans to ask the judge to throw out the case.

"I've never been in jail in my life. First time I've ever been in jail in my life, cause I always went to work, back home and church...back home and church. And, I couldn't make it, I tried to make it. I tried to make it. I couldn't make it", says Battle.