The bill filed Thursday would add a new subsection to the state's indecent exposure law, stating, "unless the conduct is prohibited by another law providing greater punishment, any person who shall willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in the presence of anyone other than a consenting adult on the private premises of another or so near thereto as to be seen from such private premises for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor." Leeper was convicted of indecent exposure in 2006. Police say they have been called to the Charlotte home four times since the beginning of the year: January 2, January 5. March 3 and March 13."We know that he can't be arrested if he's naked outside his house. But there has to be something we can do because we know he wants to be seen," Hodges said.



According to neighbors, the problem had subsided after 2009 where, according to police records, Leeper was arrested eight times but never charged for indecent exposure.



"Since it is not a criminal incident, it was documented in the 'call for service' but there is no report," a spokeswoman for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.



If the proposed bill is passed, the act would become effective December 1, 2015, and will apply to offenses committed on or after that date.



A copy of the proposed bill can be found here.



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