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Just Checking the Plumbing

Bryan Bellace, 23, of Egg Harbor City, N.J., proudly posed for a video while he put down his beer to pee in public — onto a memorial for a 9-year-old boy killed in 2012 by a brain tumor. The video, shot by Bellace’s friend Daniel Flippen, also 23, was posted to Snapchat. It went viral — leading to the young man to be vilified. Bellace has already been fired from his job: he was wearing a shirt with the company’s logo and name clearly visible: Bruce Bellace Plumbing and Heating. That’s right: his father tossed him out of the family business. The son has been charged with public urination, and Flippen has been charged with possession of an open container of alcohol in public. “We apologized to the family,” Bruce Bellace said. “Ultimately it’s my fault. Maybe we didn’t teach him right.” (RC/Press of Atlantic City) ...Social media: weeding out one obliviot at a time.