Nude after hours at work

[Michjoe]

From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
HAMILTON - A top law-enforcement official in Hamilton, City Prosecutor Scott Blauvelt, is accused of "walking around the Government Services Center after business hours without clothing," the Butler County Sheriff's Office says.

Blauvelt, 35, who was charged with two counts of public indecency, was booked into the county jail and then released. He awaits a hearing in Hamilton Municipal Court, where Blauvelt usually works, said Sheriff's Maj. Anthony Dwyer.

Calling the situation "an odd occurrence," Dwyer said investigators don't know what motivated Blauvelt to disrobe. He was alone at the time.


Mayor Don Ryan said he couldn't comment Monday, but he plans to discuss Blauvelt's employment status with Law Director Hillary Stevenson today.

Thursday night, a guard monitoring a security camera spotted a person going into an area outside the camera's range, in a tower that houses county offices, Dwyer said. "Then (the guard) sees him come back naked. ... That started the investigation."

Investigators identified the nude man as Blauvelt, Dwyer said. Blauvelt also appears naked on security-camera footage from the previous night, but in the building's other tower. That tower houses city offices, Dwyer said, including the court where Blauvelt prosecutes cases.

The charge is a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which carries a jail term of up to one month and a maximum fine of $250.

Blauvelt's lawyer, Michael Gmoser, did not return a reporter's phone call.

Blauvelt has been a city prosecutor, defense attorney and formerly was a Butler County assistant prosecutor.

He was seriously injured in a June 2005 single-car crash in Union County, Ind. A medical helicopter flew him to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he spent time in intensive care.

[shãybare]

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I can't believe this guy didn't know about the cameras and having security in such a public place. A City prosecutor no less. This guy needs to be added to the "Stupid Criminals" list.

[luvnaturism]

Shay, that was my immediate thought when I first read the article. The guy's a prosecutor, and doesn't know about security cameras? He needs to find a new line of work.

Of course maybe Freud was right, and we never do anything by accident.

[nudeM]

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I'm sure he is looking for another job at this time. Very stupid. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[texasjoe]

At the very worst, the state could pull his law license.

Unless he checks himself into some sort of rehab...

[Naturist Mark]

He was alone at the time.


I can't wait to hear them explain how a man alone in the office after hours is "Publicly" indecent.

-Mark

[Liam]

Originally posted by Naturist Mark:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">He was alone at the time.


I can't wait to hear them explain how a man alone in the office after hours is "Publicly" indecent.

-Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That was my thought too. Strange.

Liam

[alfredr]

They say they don't know what motivated him to get naked. What about the next sentence? He was alone at the time. That's motivation enough for me.

[OZJames]

alfredr - they don't know what motivated him to get naked

Obviously our associations need to do more work on public education about nudists.

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[Jason Lee]

was Scott Blauvelt drunk/intoxicated or trespassing ? (4th degree misdemeanor charge)

[Bob S.]

This man is stupid for not realizing there were security cameras looking at him.

But as others have said, was it actually public indecency? He wasn't seen directly by anyone else. He never passed by anyone.

Bob S.

[hatesclothes]

Originally posted by texasjoe:
At the very worst, the state could pull his law license.

Unless he checks himself into some sort of rehab...

think he'll meet Mark Foley there?...WHAT A COMBO!

[RalphVa]

I find it hard to understand why the guard would turn him in. He was the only person there other than the guard. It isn't public indecency.

I've been naked myself as the first person (6ish in the morning; when most didn't come in until 7ish) to work at our offices in Singapore.

Was naked one Sunday afternoon when the boss decided to come in to work, too. He said, "No problem."

We didn't have security cameras.

[Pete Knight]

Originally posted by shãybare:
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This guy needs to be added to the "Stupid Criminals" list.

I'm at a loss to understand your statement, what was stupid or criminal about being nude, unless of course it was sexually motivated. As has been stated, he wasn't even in public, no one but the security guard saw him, and anyway what is indecent about the naked human form, a naked body is perfectly innocent, its what the owner does with it that makes it indecent.

I've been naked at work many times, in fact I had to stop recently when they fitted CCTV at my last contract, and several here have said that they have been naked at work, and caused no offence to anyone.

Pete Knight

[hatesclothes]

Originally posted by Bob S.:

But as others have said, was it actually public indecency? He wasn't seen directly by anyone else. .

remember 'the rule of One': If one person is offended (or actual harmed) by another's actions, then that is ONE. We should not diminish or disrespect the opinion of another...

[Dick Springer]

remember 'the rule of One': If one person is offended (or actual harm) by another's actions, then that is ONE. We should not diminish or disrespect the opinion of another...

A consequence of the "rule of one" is that any single individual can tyrranize us. How does "rule of one Taliban" grab you?

[Bob S.]

hatesclothes:"If one person is offended (or actual harm) by another's actions, then that is ONE. We should not diminish or disrespect the opinion of another.."

OK, so if 2,000 people are fine with something, but one is not, we should kow-tow to the one?

But this isn't even about that. This man was walking alone in a hallway. What do you want to bet the guards in the monitoring room were laughing their a55es off? I doubt anyone was harmed or in any way or negative affected, except for the naked attorney.

Bob S.

[Liam]

Originally posted by Bob S.:
hatesclothes:"If one person is offended (or actual harm) by another's actions, then that is ONE. We should not diminish or disrespect the opinion of another.."

OK, so if 2,000 people are fine with something, but one is not, we should kow-tow to the one?

But this isn't even about that. This man was walking alone in a hallway. What do you want to bet the guards in the monitoring room were laughing their a55es off? I doubt anyone was harmed or in any way or negative affected, except for the naked attorney.

Bob S.

An excellent response Bob. Sounds a little like the Texas Art Museum thing. Kow-towing to the one.

[tinner666]

Naturist Mark I'm with you and the others that can't see the problem. I'm sure the guards were CYA'ing, since it was on their watch. They didn't want to hear about it from somebody else and get asked why they didn't report 'odd goings on'.
I would hope it gets shoved under the carpet or something.
Under the ' No harm, No foul' rule.

[RCH44]

Not very observant. I love stories like this.


Originally posted by shãybare:
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I can't believe this guy didn't know about the cameras and having security in such a public place. A City prosecutor no less. This guy needs to be added to the "Stupid Criminals" list.

[nimrod]

Calling the situation "an odd occurrence," Dwyer said investigators don't know what motivated Blauvelt to disrobe. He was alone at the time.
Am I reading into this too much? It sounds to me that they have the idea that nudity=sex, and the reason that they do not know what motivated his nudity was because there was no one there to have sex with.

[Big-Thinker]

Sometimes I think America's puritanism has never died out, but just taken on many new forms, one of those being the workplace. There are all sorts of neurotic constraints that have nothing to do with productivity or employee health. The american workplace sometimes feels like a medival oppressive religion might. And I agree, people tend to equate nudity with sex and get all needlessly freaked out about it.

[nudebushwalker]

was that individual really "stupid" as some suggest ?
or actually mentally ill - as in celebrity shoplifters ...
maybe he needs help - not a new job ??

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"rule of one" ?
what a nonsense ...
Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Osama Bin Laden, Pol Pot, Saddam, et al = "rule of one" ..

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[Traveller]

This happened in my hometown. He was caught earlier in the year driving in a car nude also . He is now claiming it was induced by pain medication he was taking as a result of the automobile accident. I think charges were dropped because he resigned.

[shãybare]

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It was considered "public" because he was seen by another person. The guard saw him on the security camera. He should have known he would be seen by the guard. He,as a lawyer, should have known the consequences of his actions.