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Article: LEGISLATOR WANTS PUBLIC SEX TO BE FELONY
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- December 2, 1999
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
A state senator from Fort Wayne wants the General Assembly to enact a law that would make it a felony to openly engage in sexual activity in or near Indiana parks or schools.
Locally in the past two years, 16 men have been arrested for public indecency in two different incidents by Lake County police at the Deep River County Park in Ross Township.
In a four-day undercover sting in June, Lake County police said nine men exposed themselves and asked police for sexual favors.
In 1998, eight men were arrested for exposing themselves after police received a hot-line tip about males soliciting sex at the park.
One man arrested in ...