Posted on 04/08/2010 3:25:14 PM PDT by JoeProBono
SPRINGFIELD, Va., - A Virginia man was acquitted of indecent exposure in his own home, his second trial on the charges after an appeals court overturned his initial conviction.
Erick Williamson, 29, who was convicted of indecent exposure in December by a Fairfax General District judge, appealed the conviction. He was found not guilty Wednesday by a Fairfax County Circuit Court jury after less than 20 minutes of deliberations, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Williamson was charged after two women reported seeing him standing naked in the doorway to the carport at his Springfield home Oct. 19. One of the women was accompanied by her 7-year-old son.
Williamson, who admitted to going about his morning routine nude Oct. 19, denied standing in his carport doorway and said he never intended for anyone to see him. He said he would have covered up if he had known he was visible to passersby.
"It's a weight off my shoulders," Williamson said after Wednesday's verdict. "I think it sets the record straight. It was an innocent action."
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.
Oh its the coffee guy? glad he was cleared. I think the accuser was a busybody looking in people’s homes.
The two women should do some time...imho
Well, now you know, so keep your privates out of the window.
If he is telling the truth then he should never have been charged.
Yep me too
wouldn’t that be a peeping Tom charge if they were men.
And, someone complained after seeing this nice looking young guy naked? Are they kooky? He’s not fat or old or hard on the eyes. I would be astonished and rush home to tell all my friends. Can you tell I’m over 60 . . . ; )
In other news, have the deliberately topless female marchers in Maine been charged with anything yet?
He needs to take these women to court and accuse them of being peeping toms.
That should put them in the slammer for some time.
They also need to pay his court costs.
That is my view too, the self confessed peeping Tammies should be prosecuted and made to register as the sex offenders they are.
Time to arrest the passerby for being a peeping tom.
“In other news, have the deliberately topless female marchers in Maine been charged with anything yet?”
Great question!
Fence your yard, buddy. It keeps the perverts at a distance.
“In other news, have the deliberately topless female marchers in Maine been charged with anything yet?”
I was thinking the same thing.
“My 7 year old and I waited for a half hour to see if he would go back in the house, but he didn’t!”
Hundreds of onlookers, mostly men, turned out to watch the topless demo
An eldery woman rings the front desk of her hotel and tells the night desk that there is a naked man outside her window, he thinks this is odd because she is on the fourth floor. He goes up to her room and asks where the man is, she tells him to look out the window, he does and sees nobody there. He asks again and the lady replys “Stand on the chair, Stand on the chair!” In other words some people go out of their way to be offended.
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