ST. PETERSBURG — Police say it was shortly after midnight Thursday when the two men climbed over a security fence at the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel.

Police say shortly after midnight Thursday two men, Michael Cline, 19, and Andrew Harris, 18, climbed over a security fence at the swanky Renaissance Vinoy Hotel, a historic Mediterranean Revival styled hotel in St. Petersburg, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The two were watched by Vinoy security guards as they befouled the swimming pool with human feces. Guards called police, who found the men in the hot tub. Harris told police he wasn’t a guest at the Vinoy and wasn’t visiting anyone, but he regularly went to the hotel to swim.

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Both Harris and Cline denied the allegations. Security guards told police similar incidents have happened recently, forcing the hotel to close the pool and drain it, and to compensate some guests. General manager Russ Bond said the hotel isn’t packed now, so few guests have been affected by the pool closure.

The resort has another pool at the golf course, he said, and the North Shore pool has accommodated some of the hotel’s guests. I think people with a public or private pool have had similar issues,” the General Manager told the St. Petersburg Times, “We just happened to catch the people who did it.”

The men face charges of commercial burglary, a felony. They remained in jail Thursday in lieu of $10,000 bail. Police say the men were charged with felonies because of the cost of cleaning the facility.