A goofy charge against a woman could result in a ruination of her life.
FresnoBee.com: California: SoCal court reinstates 'men only' sex charge against woman:
If convicted, Garcia faces up to a year in county jail and would have to register as a sex offender for life.
Her crime? Escalating a neighborly spat by showing her breasts to fourteen year old boys. Mind you, she was on her own sundeck, not even on their court.
Garcia, 41, of Corona, was cited in May 2006 after parents of a neighbor boy said she displayed full-frontal nudity as he played basketball.
Prosecutors said Garcia had complained that the 14-year-old was making too much noise while playing basketball. When her complaints went unheeded she allegedly went out onto her sundeck and disrobed.
Prosecutors said the boy's parents called police after the woman threatened to disrobe every time the boy played basketball.
If my neighbor had done that, back on Sheraton Avenue, Austin, we would have snickered and possibly even stared, and probably invited over more neighborhood kids to play and gawk, but I sincerely doubt we would have involved the police, nor would we have turned our music down (which probably was the problem Garcia was complaining about).
Crazy puritan country, scared of the sight of a couple of naked butter pillows.
(h/t)
View Larger Map
don't know why I'm including this map, but here it is. Just curious how it looks on a blog page, I suppose. Sorry if you clicked through for more, and this was all you found.
