Posted on 06/20/2014 7:21:00 AM PDT by MNDude
MADISON, Conn. - A Westbrook, Conn. woman faces assault charges after confronting a teenager who was using a drone to film above a beach.
Andrea Mears, 24, was charged with third-degree assault and breach of peace after an investigation into the May 12 encounter.
A video posted on the website Photography is Not a Crime shows the woman calling 17-year-old Austin Haughwout a pervert, striking him and ripping his shirt.
"You're assaulting me," Haughwout says in the video, according to CBS Connecticut.
Haughwout, of nearby Clinton, told reporters he had been using a remote-controlled drone to get footage of the landscape from about 50 feet above the beach when he was confronted by Mears.
"When she first came up I thought it was just someone calling the cops and I didn't think she would attack me," Haughwout said.
Mears could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. She told television reporters that Haughwout struck her first and edited that out of the Internet video, which was recorded on his cellphone.
Mears can be seen in the video calling police and demanding that Haughwout stop using the drone. The teen can be seen moving some of the equipment before the camera starts shaking and he begins yelling that he is being assaulted.
"Maybe you shouldn't be taking pictures of people on the beach," Mears says in the video.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
She stuck her fingers in his mouth.
No telling where those fingers have been.
Ewwww...
The “dude” is a kid who just turned 17 and was seriously attacked by a grown woman.
Here is is his hangout page, he is a fan of drones, and the beach is a good place to be using them, and what in the heck is hidden or to be searched out on a beach?
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So... you would rather he be looking at males in your opinion? I see nothing wrong at looking at pretty girls.
At all. Because then the LEOs will arrest you for assault on the spot.
“...That was an older, heftier, and remarkably unattractive female who obviously hates males....”
Hahah!!! Spot-on!
Love the fact that she got arrested for attacking him, too. Feel good moment of the day.
I used the kind of reply once. A bit more colorful. Ended up having to dance with the woman’s BF. Fortunately the cop saw him swing at me a few times before I dropped him.
No "lady" there, LOL!
Closest I came to something like that was some years ago when a neighbor made the accusation that I had placed a digital camera in the window to take photos of her.
It was actually a rechargeable flashlight.
I must say, since she was a full head shorter, almost twice as wide, and about 50 kilos heavier than I, it was a real struggle not to burst out laughing when I heard the accusation.
Who in their right mind would go to all the bother when they could just sit in front of their computer and look at some real high-quality snaps?
I'd post a risque one or two as proof, but then I'd probably get the posting pulled as a result. *grin*
Bleah. So much for lunch.
Have to remember not to FReep before mealtimes.
At 5’18” (6’6” for those in rio linda) I have a natural “downblouse” perspective.
BWA HA HA HA
*snicker* I am SO bloody envious. *grin*
I’m sorry!
Wow! That female in the video is nothing about which to write home!
IF the guy was taking photos of her then she should have taken it as a compliment and thanked him!
;)
See My post47. It always seems that the most unappealing females are the ones that get the most outraged about a normal male looking at or taking pictures of a girl, while the pretty girls just take it as a given that guys are going to look at them.
Oddly enough, those same unattractive females also become quite outraged if the guy is just looking or taking pictures that are NOT of her!
“Who in their right mind” is the key phrase. They are NOT in their right mind(s). It’s the thrill of the hunt, the extensive preparations and planning, the constant danger of being seen or caught.
If you dare, google for either of those terms: “upskirt photos” or “downskirt photos”. I hasten to add that I won’t.
Last year my then 16 year old son was at the nearby park. He had my GoPro on his bike, but it had run out of batteries. My younger children come home, my little girl crying, that a police man was questioning my oldest in the park. Turns out a lady had called because he was in the park "taking pictures" and was playing with younger children. HIS brother and sister! The cop HAD to come out and investigate, but he knew/realized my son was doing nothing wrong.
At first glance I thought you said That was an older heifer
You would have been right.
I’d even claim to be her if I could be 24 again. :-)
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