Crime & Safety

Salem Carpenter Will Go To Trial For Indecent Exposure

William Tinker was charged with three felony counts of indecent exposure and lewdness.

The Union Leader is reporting William Tinker, 45, a carpenter from Salem, will be going on trial for three felony charges of indecent exposure and lewdness stemming from an incident last December after a judge rejected his claim he shouldn't have been charged.

According to the paper, Tinker was working at a home in Hampstead when a 15-year-old girl scrolled through his digital camera and saw sexually explicit images after he allegedly handed the camera to her. A Rockingham County Superior Court judge disagreed with Tinker's assertion that he shouldn't have been charged because the photos weren't specifically transmitted.


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