WARREN, Pa. - Warren City police have charged a Falconer woman with posting a nude photo of another woman on the Internet social networking site Facebook.
Police said Lindsay Head, 22, of 3237 Levant-Gerry Road, Falconer, who tends bar at Snuffy's Cafe and Lounge in Warren, used the cell phone of a male customer - whom she used to date - to post the photo.
Police said Head used the customer's cell phone without his knowledge sometime between 11 p.m. Nov. 12 and 12:30 a.m. Nov. 13.
A criminal complaint filed Thursday charges Head with obscene and other sexual materials and performances.
According to the criminal complaint filed at District Justice Art Zerbe's office, the victim reported to city police that her ex-boyfriend's Facebook account contained a nude photograph of her.
The victim claimed she had sent the photograph to her ex-boyfriend while they were dating over the last few years.
According to the affidavit, the victim told police that she had received several calls from friends telling her of the picture and felt her ex-boyfriend, with whom she broke up in August, must have posted it.
Police said in the complaint that Head allegedly sent text messages using the man's phone before using information stored in the phone, including the nude photo, to post the image on the man's Facebook page.
The victim told the Associated Press that she was "mortified" and "absolutely humiliated" when she saw the photo on her ex-boyfriend's Facebook page. She estimated it was posted for less than five hours.
According to the complaint, the ex-boyfriend told police that he removed the photo from his Facebook page after he received several angry messages from friends, who thought he had posted it.
Police said the ex-boyfriend also posted an apology on his Facebook page, explaining that Head had posted the photo.
According to the complaint, the ex-boyfriend told police that he had forgotten his phone at the bar and returned to find Head using it to send text messages to another woman he knew. He denied posting the photo but said Head sent him a text message acknowledging she sent the photo. He didn't immediately realize it showed up on Facebook, according to the complaint.He has not been charged, according to police.
According to the complaint, the ex-boyfriend told police that the photograph was in his phone from when he was dating the victim and he had not deleted it yet. He said he called Head, who didn't answer the phone, so he left a message on her cell phone.
The ex-boyfriend told police that he received a text back from Head at 11:07 a.m. stating, "WTF is your problem."
The complaint stated he sent a text back stating Head knew exactly what his problem is.
According to the complaint, the ex-boyfriend received a second text from Head at 12:14 p.m. stating, "Dude how was I to know it would do that? I didn't know it went through until it was to late."
According to the complaint, the ex-boyfriend told police that his cell phone can be used to access the Internet and his password to his Facebook account was saved into the phone so as soon as he goes to Facebook, his home page automatically opens without typing any passwords or access codes.
According to the complaint, Head agreed to come to the Warren City Police Department and acknowledged knowing she was being questioned about "the Facebook thing" and that " she didn't know police acted as parents also."
According to the complaint, Head asked for an attorney and refused to answer any more questions.
The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to five years in prison.