Melissa J Harrington nudity (2003)

Prosecuting Public Nudity by Online Photos. Nebraska, USA

• 2003 December: a 21-year old girl took photos of herself naked in a public bar, and placed the photo on her website.
• The police found the photo, and prosecuted her for violating local law.
• 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.

Her name is Melissa J Harrington and her website is http://www.melissalincoln.com/

The source news from Associated Press can be seen at:

• CBS http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/30/tech/printable590701.shtml (local copy melissa_harrington_cbs_2003-12-30.txt );
• CNN http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/12/30/offbeat.naked.web.ticket.ap/index.html (local copy melissa_harrington_cnn_2003-12-30.txt );
• USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-30-naked-lincolnite_x.htm (local copy melissa_harrington_usa.txt )

The following photos may be the ones that the police used to persecute her:

This woman is continuously persecuted by the local cops for her public nudity or otherwise sex related incidents. According to Melissa's website, cops have again ticketed her for public nudity and this time also ticketed her with public indecency. This could be a case of harassment. Her web site reporting this is at: http://www.melissamidwest.com/policevideo.html

• Police ticket woman for public nudity again
• 2006-03-03
• By Lori Pilger, Lincoln Journal Star.
• http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/03/31/local/doc442c1fec0c5a0477479879.prt
• (local copy melissa_200603.txt )