Link to June 10 Appleton Post-Crescent article.
Excerpt: Officers recommended he be charged with a misdemeanor for lewd and lascivious behavior in public for a Dec. 20 incident at the library, but the charge likely will be downgraded to a municipal citation for disorderly conduct.
Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said the misdemeanor charge requires proof that the defendant publicly exposed himself, and surveillance video* does not show that.
"He is reaching in (his sweatpants)," Wilkinson said. "He is being obscene in his behavior, but it doesn't meet the definition."
Library Director Stephen Proces banned Pitzen from the library shortly after police arrested him in May. The Library Board will vote to confirm the ban next Wednesday.
Proces said only three people have been banned from the library during his 22 years as director. Each ban involved sexual misconduct.
Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said the misdemeanor charge requires proof that the defendant publicly exposed himself, and surveillance video* does not show that.
"He is reaching in (his sweatpants)," Wilkinson said. "He is being obscene in his behavior, but it doesn't meet the definition."
Library Director Stephen Proces banned Pitzen from the library shortly after police arrested him in May. The Library Board will vote to confirm the ban next Wednesday.
Proces said only three people have been banned from the library during his 22 years as director. Each ban involved sexual misconduct.
*The Wisconsin Library Association's Library Development & Legislation Committee continues to work with the staff at the Division for Library, Technology, and Community Learning's Public Library Development Team on items 2 & 3 addressed in Rick Grobschmidt's linked testimony.
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