Neb. Woman Ticketed For Being Nude On Net
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Mr. Blunt
LINCOLN, Neb. - It may be legal to appear naked in cyberspace, but police ticketed a Lincoln woman for posting nude pictures of herself on the Web that were taken in a downtown bar.
Melissa J. Harrington, 21, was ticketed Monday for violating Lincoln's public nudity ordinance by posting pictures on her Web site "showing her naked at one of our downtown bars and in several other locations around the city," Police Chief Tom Casady said.
"It's unlawful to be naked in public in Lincoln," he said.
Harrington, who works as a Web designer at a local Bank, says on her Web site that she likes "being naked in public ... even more when there's a lot of people there to watch."
"They're not going to stop me from doing what I'm doing. I enjoy what I do and they really don't have any grounds" to prosecute the case, she said.
Her Web site is linked to another showing explicit pictures of women who purportedly are college students in Nebraska.
Casady said no one has been ticketed in connection with those pictures because it is not apparent where they were taken.
"Some of them are clearly stock photos that someone has gotten from some place else," he said. "Some of them, you just can't tell where they are."
In Harrington's case, Casady said it is obvious that the photos were taken inside the Marz Intergalactic Shrimp and Martini Bar.
The owner of the bar, Jerry Luth, told Omaha television station KETV he is extremely upset by the pictures and did not give Harrington permission to shoot the pictures at the bar.
"I'm the one who called police to complain about the nude pictures," said Luth.
Casady said the police department planned to send a letter to the state Liquor Control Commission to see if the bar violated any state laws.
Harrington was to be arraigned in Lancaster County Court on Jan 29. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $500 fine.
Source: Yahoo! News/AP (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=12&u=/ap/20031230/ap_on_hi_te/naked_ticket_3)
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That's what she gets! :unsure: :rolleyes: :lol:
Posted by: <TROUBLE^MAKER>
I don't think the violation wasn't for "Being Nude On Net" I think the net photos were perceived to be evidence proving she exposed herself in public places around town. I know the article states "was ticketed Monday for violating Lincoln's public nudity ordinance by posting pictures on her Web site" but I think some where down line is got convoluted.
Posted by: Mr. Blunt
Originally posted by <TROUBLE^MAKER>@30 December 2003 - 23:51
I don't think the violation wasn't for "Being Nude On Net" I think the net photos were perceived to be evidence proving she exposed herself in public places around town. I know the article states "was ticketed Monday for violating Lincoln's public nudity ordinance by posting pictures on her Web site" but I think some where down line is got convoluted.
I agree with you.
She wasn't ticketed for "Being Nude On The Net". The media only uses that title to get peoples attention. That's how the media works.
If they didn't find those pictures, she would of never been in this situation. They will just use those pictures against her in court to prove she was nude in that bar.
Posted by: billyfridge
I bet the police have copies pinned up in their locker room :D
Posted by: Neo 721
I bet the police have copies pinned up in their locker room :D
what else is new.
Posted by: kAb
In other news, A website, owned by a woman in lincoln, broke astonishing page view records
Posted by: Busyman
In her defense she should state that the pictures were doctored.
Her image was copied onto that of the bar, park, etc. It's the net.
Case closed. She gets off free.
Posted by: Busyman
Originally posted by Mr JP Fugley+31 December 2003 - 21:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mr JP Fugley @ 31 December 2003 - 21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Busyman@31 December 2003 - 20:09
In her defense she should state that the pictures were doctored.
Her image was copied onto that of the bar, park, etc. It's the net.
Case closed. She gets off free.
you means she should lie on oaf. [/b][/quote]
The word is oath.
I guess she should graciously go to jail and pay the fine. <_<
But..
Oh.....nahhhh....uhhh she ain't lyin'.
Posted by: junkyardking
more info
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/nakedlincoln1.html
Posted by: DWk
i want the real pictures...not censored ones :angry: :rolleyes: :w00t: :drool:
Posted by: Jg427
http://www.melissalincoln.com/main.html