High School Streaker Gets Jail Time

Fox News

[moonman]

A student from a Towanda (Bradford County), PA. high school was sentenced 6 months to 2 years in jail for streaking stunt during outside graduation ceremonies. The student had no prior arrest history.

[moonman]

Once again, here's a judge who needs to find another vocation or send him to Philly or Pittsburg to preside over some REAL criminal cases. Although the audience included children under the age of 18, Pennsylvania doesn't make this offense a 'sex crime against a minor' like some other states do, otherwise, he'd have to sign up and notify the police as a sex offender everywhere he went for the rest of his life.

[The G Man]

Not Pete Sessions??? ;-)

[Always Right]

I think I would pay for an appeal.

[anotherdubya]

hahaha Just what I was thinking, or maybe a future congressman.

[Horatio Gates]

I grew up near Towanda which is for the most part still pretty rural. For this area, pranks like this are about as real as it gets. I'm surprised he was hammered like this since he entered a guilty plea. I was thinking more like serving 30 days and suspending the rest of the time w/ law abiding behavior would be more resonable for a stupid prank.

[Jaysun]

Although the audience included children under the age of 18, Pennsylvania doesn't make this offense a 'sex crime against a minor' like some other states do, otherwise, he'd have to sign up and notify the police as a sex offender everywhere he went for the rest of his life.

That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. I wonder which states have such a law?

[camle]

well maybe if junior had acted like an adult instead of behaving like a stupid idiot he wouldn't have to worry about facing a strict judge.
don't blame the judge. if this kid had a ounce of brains he wouldn't be in trouble.

if you don't wanna face the hang'in judge - don't do the crime!

[mountaineer]

if you don't wanna face the hang'in judge ... don't let it all hang out!

[R. Scott]

Some people will be outraged that the kid received a jail sentence for indecent exposure at a school function. Would they be as outraged if he did the same thing downtown?

[Horatio Gates]

I think some deatils have been left out, otherwise I agree it's absurd. In most states the offense would have to be a felony sex crime or other crime with sexual motivation to require registration as a sex offender upon conviction. This was clearly a prank.

[camle]

'zacry! (LOL~!)

it galls me when people haven't a care what they do when they ought to know better, do something stupid, then whine and cry all over the place when they get caught. bet he wasn't whining when he did the crime.

granted the sentence seems a bit tough, but what is the diff between standing in front of a child holding your raincoat open, and running naked in front of the child? perhaps one is more threatening than the other, but both indicate someone who uses their sex organs to act out.

maybe thee little twerp will learn a thing or two inside to curb his exhibitionist appetites.

[camle]

well, nobody said it, so I will...

i know the sentence seems a little stiff, but apparently the evidence stood up in court.
looks like the kid is gonna have to do a stretch...
he's lucky the spectators didn't take matters into their own hands...
etc..

[mountaineer]

It's a prick-ly situation.

[camle]

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just get the impression that maybe people wouldn;'t be so stupid if there were severe consequences for their stupidity, is all.

[moonman]

Amazingly, Fox News showed the kid who did this and also him saying he's prepared to do his time. Seemed to take the punishment O.K. on the camera, anyway.