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January 20, 2010

College student waives hearing on charges he urinated on Nativity

By Ed Lewis elewis@timesleader.com
Times Leader Staff Writer
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WILKES-BARRE - A King's College student charged by city police for allegedly urinating on a religious Christmas display on Public Square waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on Wednesday.

Nathan Strawn, 22, of Wilkes-Barre, waived misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure, open lewdness and desecration of venerated objects, and summary charges of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness to Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.

Strawn is expected to file an application to be accepted into the accelerated rehabilitation program, a special probation program, for first-time non-violent offenders. He remains free on $10,000 unsecured bail.

Strawn said he "already apologized" publicly as he briskly walked away from Central Court.

Police allege Strawn was "observed fully exposed urinating on the Nativity scene located on Public Square" on Jan. 10.

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