VA - Eric Williamson for indecent exposure, Springfield, 2009

[OrdinaryLife]

BBM

Please tell me he was singing "YMCA"?

Probably more likely a humming something from "Right Said Fred". "I'm too sexy for my shirt. Too sexy for my shirt"....

 

[STEADFAST]

Probably more likely a humming something from "Right Said Fred". "I'm too sexy for my shirt. Too sexy for my shirt"....

If he was standing there naked in a hard hat singing "I'm too sexy for my shirt," I'm on his side!

His roomies said he'd been fired last Friday and was acting really strange on Monday. Weird thing is, he said the roommates weren't even there.

 

[WhyaDuck?]

Probably more likely a humming something from "Right Said Fred". "I'm too sexy for my shirt. Too sexy for my shirt"....

Shirt is one thing, but when the curtains are open, no one is too sexy for their knickers.

 

[Boyz_Mum]

BBM

Please tell me he was singing "YMCA"?

I thought of that song the minute I read the quote. Now I can't stop humming the dang thing! :banghead:

 

[OrdinaryLife]

I have to share that until there is anything real to this story (save for the naked part), I'm going to wait before I make any judgements against this guy. Right now, I think it's a goofy story that never should have been made made into a big deal.

Just say'in, as I try and rid that obnoxious song out of my head!

 

[THE FIXER]

I was just trying to counteract all the assumptions being posted. I don't really care where this case goes. BTW, reading the rules and etiquette thread is always a good idea for new posters.

There is absolutely nothing amiss about MY etiquette.
As I said, "It seems".
That is NOT accusing you or anyone else of anything.
You "seem" as if you want to whip out the "seniority card" which is usually illegitimate as, merely because I am new here does not equate to not being able to wonder.

I have been around forums for many years and have had people say flat out that I was wrong about something.
I am sufficiently comfortable about myself and what I say that I had no need to retaliate against anyone who was expressing an opinion and NOT calling me names of any sort, something which I did NOT call you.
Nor did I attack you in any way.

 

[SunnieRN]

An Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and
sadly rather true.
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common
Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for
sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago
lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as
having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- why the early bird gets the worm;
- life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies
(don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies
(adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when
well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in
place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual
harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from
school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired
for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his
condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for
doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in
disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get
parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a
student; but could not inform parents when a student became
pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became
businesses; and criminals received better treatment than
their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend
yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar
could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman
failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She
spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge
settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth
and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter,
Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was
gone.

A couple of points....

This reminds me of the case in CA where a thief was trying to rob a house while the family was on vacation. He climbed up onto the roof, sawed a hole in their roof, was shimmying through the hole, somehow broke his leg and got stuck in the hole he made. He was stuck there for two days or so, until the family got home. They heard him yelling, called the police. The guy later SUED the family and WON. Not sure what grounds he won on, but he WON! Couldn't believe it then, can't believe it now! He was breaking into their house for gawds sake!

Second case. In college I took a course a lawyer was teaching, He brought up the case about the McDonalds lady who sued when she dropped coffee in her lap. He asked us how many of us thought that was a bogus law suit. He then told us the case details. The lady goes through the drive thru window to get her morning coffee. When the cashier hands her the cup of coffee, she can not hold onto it. It is so hot that it starts to scald her hands. She drops the coffee, not meaning to and it gives her third degree burns throughout her pelvic region, thighs and sides. She required plastic surgery as well as skin grafts and many months of excruciating care and therapy. Come to find out that several customers had complained and reported problems with the coffee and burns to their hands and mouths. Inspections of the McDonalds had been performed on 3 occasions and every time the coffee was deemed unsafe and they were told to get a new coffee pot. Apparently the coil, or whatever it is that regulated the temp, was defective.
IMHO she didn't get enough compensation after going through that!!

This sounds a bit off. Did the lady scream when she saw him at the window as she called the police? If so he may have run around to make sure she was ok and wasn't being harmed by anyone. I'll wait to judge him unless he is proven to have purposely exposed himself by a jury of his peers. Otherwise he was just careless and not using the best possible judgment imho.

 

[anneinchicago]

First, let me make it clear I know nothing about the accused nor am I implying anything about the accused...

I live in a mobile home park. For years, there was a known sex offender living here who would do just what this man was accused of- standing in his own home at his own front window, naked. It was his way of exposing himself to children without fear of being caught. In this case, the police did nothing.

 

[LaLaw2000]

I'll bet the little 7 yr. old boy thought it was funny. The mother is the one with a hang up, IMO.

Sorry, I just do not see the big deal. And WAY too many versions now of what supposedly happened.

 

[MLE]

What's the point of closing our windows anymore since the government listens to us having phone sex with our lovers?

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5987804&page=1&page=1

We have no privacy. There are people who work not far from that man's house who sit around at the NSA building all day and listen to our soldiers and ordinary Americans masturbating on the phone and that's a fact. Somebody seeing our butts when we're pouring coffee seems really mild in comparison.

 

[LaLaw2000]

Well, the 'government' is way too much into our personal bidness. Our privacy and rights are slowly being taken away one by one.

 

[oh_gal]

Is it possible....(and I'm just throwing it out here)...that this guy was sleepwalking?

(Butt naked you say? I always thought it was Buck naked... ) Kind of like a lady I knew once who told me her relative was sick with "ammonia". I'm chuckling at myself here...

 

[Celt1997]

This case sounds like it's becoming more and more of a witch hunt. Now they're going to ask other kids if they may have seen something? I was certain we learned enough from Salem 1693 about what happens when you start asking kids if they "saw" something.

Maybe there is more to it than we think, but it sounds like a guy who lost his job, got drunk, and forgot to put his pants on in the morning. As to him "following" them to the next window, that seems like a tough one to prove:

1) He could have just been walking to the next room, which was along the same line as the path the woman and her child were taking.

2) He thought she couldn't see him, but wanted to get a better look at her. (Who knows if he even saw she had a kid with her).

There are just sooo many possibilities out there already, and canvassing the neighborhood is only going to cloud this case even further.

This was a house that was rented by a lot of young people. Some neighbors may hold a grudge against them for parties, or whatever, and now you've given them the chance to get back at them.

It's all a ridiculous situation.

 

[BuzzieCat]

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/102109_naked_man_arrested_after_making_coffee_update

This says the woman is the wife of a police officer and the house is right across the street from a school bus stop.

At first I was more on his side since I used to live in a neighborhood where people, particularly schoolchildren, walked across my front and back yards constantly, even right up to the windows. I was never naked at the time, but if someone is trespassing - geez. However, if she and her child were walking on a sidewalk and it wasn't 5:30 am but 8:30 am, that makes a little more sense. Still not sure.

 

[Velouria]

First, let me make it clear I know nothing about the accused nor am I implying anything about the accused...

I live in a mobile home park. For years, there was a known sex offender living here who would do just what this man was accused of- standing in his own home at his own front window, naked. It was his way of exposing himself to children without fear of being caught. In this case, the police did nothing.

Does he need a roommate? Because I bet Mr. Williamson is looking for new digs right about now.


Honestly though annie, I'm so sorry you had to put up with that in your neighborhood. There's a guy who used to live in our enclave who was convicted of exposing himself to a woman who lived nearby. (With an eight year-old daughter I am dilligent about checking for SOs in our area.) I can't believe the cops refused to do anything in your case!

 

[STEADFAST]

Police say they've received additional reports regarding Williamson's nudity and they're distributing a flier in the neighborhood around the 8700 block of Arley Drive, where Williamson lives with roommates.

The incident happened around 8:40 a.m. Monday, police said. The mother and son were walking down a path that runs past Williamson's house and between tennis courts and Hunt Valley Elementary School. . .


Last month, Fairfax County police charged Williamson with public swearing and intoxication. He was convicted of the charge Wednesday morning when he failed to appear in court.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/l...offee-naked-or-exposing-himself_-8418601.html

Another version of the story. I will say, though, that Williamson is the only person in any of the articles who says it happened at 5:30 am or that she was in his yard. In another article posted earlier, though, he was quoted as saying he had no idea when it happened since he was walking around the house naked for several hours.

I think things may be going kind of off track for Mr. Williamson, seeing as how he was fired on Friday, charged with indecent exposure on Monday, and convicted of public intoxication on Wednesday. Sounds like it's been a very bad week for him.

 

[LCoastMom]

Does he need a roommate? Because I bet Mr. Williamson is looking for new digs right about now.

Honestly though annie, I'm so sorry you had to put up with that in your neighborhood. There's a guy who used to live in our enclave who was convicted of exposing himself to a woman who lived nearby. (With an eight year-old daughter I am dilligent about checking for SOs in our area.) I can't believe the cops refused to do anything in your case!

Vel, his atty said, he has moved out of that house!

I had my niece in the car with me, taking her to my parents house when a group of young teens standing on the side of the road took a step back revealing one of them was in a "state of excitement" and obviously trying to do what ann's neighbor did. I called the cops, when they arrived at the house, he said whoever I saw was no longer 'out on the street', but if I insisted on filing a complaint they would have to find and arrest him and I didn't want to do that to some "kids" just playing around did I?? Like I was the bad guy, or gal!! So I do understand how ann feels.


The first reports said this happened at 5:30 am, in the dark. Which begs the question; "Why is she in his yard looking in the window?" Now they say 8:30 am. If he was making coffee in his own home, as he continues to maintain; that's a big difference from someone standing in the window touching his junk!! Whether he thought he could be seen or not.


The police are now asking if others have seen him standing around nikid to come forward!!! They still won't say who filed the report but said "She is an upstanding member of the community"... Does that statement infer he isn't?
And she is the wife of a cop.

There are too many variations to this, Celt. Unless they have a list of documented former complaints already filed, I can't see the cops winning this one. It is a he said-she said; and just being the wife of a cop doesn't make her word better than his.

 

[Velouria]

Vel, his atty said, he has moved out of that house!

I had my niece in the car with me, taking her to my parents house when a group of young teens standing on the side of the road took a step back revealing one of them was in a "state of excitement" and obviously trying to do what ann's neighbor did. I called the cops, when they arrived at the house, he said whoever I saw was no longer 'out on the street', but if I insisted on filing a complaint they would have to find and arrest him and I didn't want to do that to some "kids" just playing around did I?? Like I was the bad guy, or gal!! So I do understand how ann feels.

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Thanks for the update, miss...Not at all surprising that he's been kicked out by his roommates. Something tells me this guy has issues with substance abuse.

About your situation with your niece, sounds like those cops tried to guilt you out of making them do their job. I think you would have been doing the teen(s) and his parents a favor by filing a formal complaint. Who knows - he might graduate to more extreme behavior and at the very least, he needs professional counseling.

 

[Stoshie]

Is it possible....(and I'm just throwing it out here)...that this guy was sleepwalking?

(Butt naked you say? I always thought it was Buck naked... ) Kind of like a lady I knew once who told me her relative was sick with "ammonia". I'm chuckling at myself here...

Ha Ha.... Someone where I used to work with told us she was scheduled for her autopsy.

 

[STEADFAST]

Ha Ha.... Someone where I used to work with told us she was scheduled for her autopsy.

I had an aunt who liked "canine pepper" on her food.