Couple charged with having sex on roof of Springfield parking garage

Police say a man and woman were seen having sex on the roof of a downtown parking garage — while someone else took pictures.

Joshua Carman, 39, and LaDawna Carman, 33, were charged Wednesday with three counts of sexual misconduct after police say workers at Hammons Tower saw them having sex on the roof of a nearby parking garage on St. Louis Street in April.

According to a probable cause statement, police were dispatched to the parking garage about 10:30 a.m. on April 7. As the officer was walking up to the roof, he encountered a topless woman in the stairwell along with two men — one of whom had a camera around his neck, the statement says.

The officer identified Joshua and LaDawna Carman as the suspects and asked them about having sex on the roof, and they denied it, according to the statement.

Police then contacted the witnesses at Hammons Tower, and they showed police photographs they had taken from their offices of the couple having sex on the roof of the parking garage, the statement says.

The witnesses told police the encounter started with Joshua taking topless photos of LaDawna on the roof of the garage. Joshua then handed the camera off to the other man, who took pictures while the couple had sex, according to the statement.

The witnesses told police that after the couple finished having sex, the three individuals gathered around the camera to apparently review the photos, the statement says.

Joshua and LaDawna Carman do not have attorneys listed for this case. The probable cause statement says they were arrested that morning in April, but they have since been released.