# Running Naked Thru A Thread Is OK...Streaking @ PA HS Graduation = 6 Months In Jail! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390 "2004-10-15T15:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/1 "2004-10-15T15:45:30Z")
[Miami Herald](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/9928011.htm?1c) > [@](#): > > TOWANDA, Pa. - A high school graduate was sentenced to up to two years in jail for streaking the graduation ceremony from which he had been excluded…Russell Chmieleski, 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree indecent exposure and must serve six months to two years. Because the charge is a misdemeanor, he can stay in a county jail, rather than state prison… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/2 "2004-10-15T16:23:14Z")
_holds the door open for iampunha_ ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/3 "2004-10-15T16:28:32Z")
If six months in jail for running around naked isn’t cruel and unusual punishment, I don’t know what is. OH MY GOD CHILDREN WERE IN THE CROWD AND SAW A MAN’S PEEPEE LOCK HIM UP! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/4 "2004-10-15T16:34:04Z")
Perhaps it is jail time as commentary. Were he more attractive it probably just would have been a spanking. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/5 "2004-10-15T18:00:01Z")
Oh my god. That’s my friend Andy’s hometown. From what I’ve heard, about five people live there so he didn’texpose himself that widely… ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/6 "2004-10-15T18:14:27Z")
that is plain rediculous. did he jerk off while he was running? if not, then he doens’t deserve jail time. if i lived there, i’d move. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/7 "2004-10-15T18:27:38Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > … about five people live there so he didn’t expose himself that widely… They come in different widths? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/8 "2004-10-15T20:20:50Z")
Six months?! I might understand a day or something to make him think “Damn, I could be at that graduation party but instead I ran around naked.” But SIX MONTHS?! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/9 "2004-10-15T23:36:40Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > _holds the door open for iampunha_ ::runs nekkid thru thread:: [sub]Glad to know I won’t get jailed for this.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/10 "2004-10-15T23:47:02Z")
He _must_ serve six months? They don’t have probation in Pennsylvania? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/11 "2004-10-16T00:05:30Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > He _must_ serve six months? They don’t have probation in Pennsylvania? Hey, I’m going to feel much safer during those six months when this guy’s “lethal weapon” is behind bars. This is almost as big a triumph for law enforcement as when they finally got that dangerous enemy of the state Cheech bin Marin. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/12 "2004-10-16T00:07:28Z")
Six months? It’s all _mandatory_? Sheesh, I know where I ain’t moving. (Better stick to Ontario, it’s legal to go around topless here…) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/13 "2004-10-16T00:43:40Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > (Better stick to Ontario, it’s legal to go around topless here…) I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your legislature. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/14 "2004-10-16T00:45:13Z")
Gotta become a Canadian citizen first. 😉 Let me dig up the bit of legislature, it’s around here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/15 "2004-10-16T00:56:58Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Gotta become a Canadian citizen first. 😉 Meh. Mere formalities. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/16 "2004-10-16T01:18:07Z")
Timely topic. I got my hometown (5000 people, eastern Montana) paper today and one of the front page headlines was: School Board: Streaking will be punished. Apparently a couple of students streaked the homecoming football game, though apparently not all were nude. A couple of qoutes: HS Principal: “I’ve received positive and negative comments on the streaking. Streaking is like going 75 in an 85 mph speed zone. There are consequences if you get caught.” Board member: “The only problem is that the streakers ran while the dance team was performing. I look forward to seeing who will streak each year.” Board member: “I have no problem with streaking so long as it is done in good taste, which is open to interpretation.” HS Principal: “The administration needs parameters if the board doesn’t care so they can enforce the policy.” Of course, someone has threatened to sue the school for sexual harrasment. A board member said, “It is sad that we have to look at litigation . . . they are spending a lot of time on trivial issues.” Students who were nude may face police involvement. The punishment for streaking - one day of out-of-school suspension. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/17 "2004-10-16T02:50:15Z")
“What are you in for?” ha ha ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/18 "2004-10-16T03:28:06Z")
THINK OF THE CHILDREN! We have to make SURE that they get it that the human body is too dirty / obsene / whatever to be seen. I mean, how else do we keep them from (gasp!) having sex!? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/19 "2004-10-16T03:45:43Z")
> [@Hazel](#): > > I mean, how else do we keep them from (gasp!) having sex!? Not to mention dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-naked-thru-a-thread-is-ok-streaking-pa-hs-graduation-6-months-in-jail/269390/20 "2004-10-16T03:49:24Z")
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