Topless Woman Lured Perverts in Police Sting

[MrScorpio]

Firefighter Busted for Exposing Himself to Sunbather Appeals 'Entrapment' Conviction


Law enforcement officials say that sting operations like these are an extremely effective means of lowering crime rates and stopping the criminally minded before they commit worse offenses. Opponents call it entrapment. (ABC News)

By MARCUS BARAM
Dec. 28, 2007


Robin Garrison, an off-duty 42-year-old firefighter, was walking in Berliner Park in Columbus, Ohio, in May when he saw a woman sunbathing topless under a tree.

He approached her and they started talking and getting comfortable, the woman smiling and resting her foot on his shoulder at one point.

Eventually, she asked to see Garrison's penis; he unzipped his pants and complied.

Seconds later, undercover police officers pulled up in a van and arrested Garrison; he was later charged with public indecency, a misdemeanor, based on video footage taken by cops who were targeting men having sex or masturbating in the park. While topless sunbathing is legal in the city's parks, exposing more than that is against the law.

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Lithos
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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4022717&page=1

I guess the Columbus PD has a lot of time on it's hands.

[sasquatch]

1. I think the Columbus PD needs a hobby

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Hell, if I saw a bunch of women around nude, I'd join 'em!

[orleans]

3. i hate hearing stories like this--i totally look at them as entrapment

and the fact that this woman asked?? give me a break!

20 years ago i had some cops telling me how they set up these "sting" operations in forest preserves around here looking for gay men. apparently they would try to pick up a guy and if the guy wasn't aggressive enough the cop would talk about his belt buckle and let the man know he could "touch" the buckle. as soon as the man reached out to touch it he was busted. and sometimes, they bragged, they would throw the man into a public restroom with their attack dog before they'd take the man to the police station.

really fucked up.

[zabet]

4. She had WMDs....

Weapons of Mass
Distraction.
;)

[Libby2]

9. Shock and Awe?

[Selatius]

5. I would've called the police and reported her as violating public nudity laws.

Get another portion of the police force that isn't involved in the sting operation to come out to arrest the lady, and then the portion of the police force that is involved is gonna be forced to come out and disentangle themselves.

[MrScorpio]

6. Topless sunbathing is legal there

Wanker wagging in not allowed

[Selatius]

7. Yes, I read, but I didn't jack off like Robin did. I called the police. n/t

[Bright Eyes]

8. Entrapment. Pure and simple.

[Rageneau]

10. Would it be entrapment if she was sitting in the next stall barefoot?

Myself, I'd find that pretty hard to resist.

[BearSquirrel2]

11. Entrapment ...

The police were violating a law to catch a law breaker. They created the crime. If she had a top and didn't explicitly ask to see his penis, than they would be fine.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Perverts, eh?

Is that what ABC news considers men with a normal sex drive, or is it quoting the police department?