Posted on 10/20/2009 2:37:13 PM PDT by JoeProBono
SPRINGFIELD, Va. A Virginia man said he is fighting the indecent exposure charge brought against him after he was spotted making coffee naked in his kitchen.
Eric Williamson, 29, of Springfield, said he was home alone Monday when he walked into the kitchen naked to make coffee at about 5:30 a.m., WTTG-TV, Washington, D.C., reported Tuesday.
"Yes, I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me," Williamson said.
Police said an unidentified woman who was walking with a 7-year-old boy spotted Williamson through a window and reported the scene to police. A Fairfax County Police spokesman said Williamson was arrested because investigators believe he wanted to be seen by the public.
However, Williamson, father of a 5-year-old girl, said that was not the case.
"I am a loving dad. Any of my friends and anyone knows that and there is not a chance on this planet I would ever, ever, ever do anything like that to a kid," he said.
Williamson said he is meeting with a lawyer to discuss ways to fight the charge, which could result in one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,000.
And exactly what was this nosy bitch doing leading a small kid around at 5;30AM????????????That’s CHILD ABUSE pure and simple!!
Well it would be neglect or abandonment if she left the child at home while she went peeking into windows.
but the politically correct dumba$$ woman started all of this.
:rollseyes:
One more reason to have a coffeepot in the bedroom.
LOL!!! half & half or cream?? :)
It's the possible registration as a sex offender that would be the worst of it.
I think we all need to know the lay of the land (yard, window facing, etc.) to be able to say much about this for sure. I agree that the “out with 7-year-old at 5:30am” seems odd no matter the lay of the land, though ...
go look - http://maps.google.com
In any case, your logic of putting on “boxer shorts” (why should he wear boxers?) is completely flawed. What if she was staring into his bedroom instead?
Should people now be arrested for not closing the curtains before changing clothes in their own home?
But, but....
I thought this only happened in Great Dhimmi Britain Land. Could it be that stupid Yanks are as stupid as stupid limeys?.
If the guy was in a room on the side of his house where the public should not be able to see him, I would agree that he was in the clear. That wasn’t the case here.
He was standing in a room of his house where people walking by on the sidewalk could see him naked. He should clothe himself if he’s going into a room where the public could see him.
Folks, I know it’s his castle. He still has some obligation to cloth himself in a public setting, and a public setting is any place where the public can turn and see him.
Here’s a little test. If he should be able to walk around nude any place in his home, then if his home fronted on Times Square and he had a 10’ x 50’ window open to that square, he should be able to walk around nude there. That’s the argument being made by those who think he’s above the law here.
Do any of you think he could do that and get away with it? Do you think he should be able to, as long as he was inside his home? No. None of us think that.
Please see 116.
Your analogy doesn’t work. She was on HIS property and he was IN his home.
Your concept of a public setting is absolutely mind boggling. My home NEVER becomes a public setting just because the windows face the road.
Police: Others May Have Seen Naked ManA debate continues in Northern Virginia that is bringing the issue of civil liberties to the national stage. A 29-year-old Springfield man says he was making coffee in the nude was arrested after a neighbor saw him, and on Wednesday police were back out in his neighborhood looking for others who might have seen him.
Eric Williamson, 29, is a commercial diver who grew up in Hawaii and rents home with several co-workers. Williamson told FOX 5's Will Thomas his roommates were not home and he walked into the kitchen to make coffee about 8:30 a.m. Monday.
"Yes, I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me," Williamson said.
But at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning, a neighbor walking her son to school says he deliberately exposed himself-- not once, but twice. First, she says it happened as he was standing in the glass doorway in the kitchen, and then again at a front window.
"We've heard there may have been other people who had a similar incident," said Mary Ann Jennings, a Fairfax County Police spokesperson.
The complaint came from an unidentified woman who was walking with a 7-year-old boy. A Fairfax County Police spokesperson said officers arrested Williamson for indecent exposure because they believe he wanted to be seen naked by the public.
On Wednesday, investigators told FOX 5 they have reason to believe there may have been another incident in which someone saw Williamson naked in front of his window. They're asking anyone who may have seen Williamson in the nude through his windows to come forward, even if it was at a different time.
Police are especially concerned because the house is located across the street from a bus stop for school children. So on Wednesday, officers canvassed the neighborhood with fliers, asking anyone who may have been subject to an exposure to come forward.
The department spokesperson says in a rare move, they're releasing more information about the case.
"Because this was being spun into a national story, and the idea you can't be naked in your own house-- we wanted to come forward and say in this case our officers believed there was probable cause the law had been violated," said Jennings.
Eric has since moved out of the rental house he shared with several diving buddies. And, by phone on Wednesday, the father of a 5-year-old girl maintained his innocence, as he did Monday in an exclusive interview with FOX 5.
"I'm a loving dad-- any of my friends would tell you that," Williamson said. "There is not a chance on this planet I would ever, ever do anything like that to a kid."
Police wouldn't release the incident report or the name of the mother who filed the complaint. FOX 5 has learned she is a respected member of the community, and just happens to be the wife of a Fairfax County Police officer. FOX 5 also spoke with some of Williamson's roommates, and they said they believed Eric was drunk on Monday morning when they were all leaving for work around 5 a.m. The alleged exposure happened around 8:30 a.m. Williamson, however, says he was drinking on Sunday night, but was not drunk on Monday morning.
the way I read the headline, coffee was wearing clothes until this dude came along and made coffee take the clothes off.
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