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An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a 76-year-old Farmington man — accused of sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking lot — after he did not show up for court.
Myron Lee Kipp is charged in Farmington's 2nd District Court with seven misdemeanor charges: four counts of lewdness involving a child and three counts of lewdness.
A pre-trial conference was scheduled Tuesday for Kipp, but after he didn't appear in court, a judge issued a $5,000 cash-only bench warrant for the man. Another pre-trial conference was set for Dec. 16.
Kipp was expected to go to trial in November on the charges, however, that date was canceled. Court records do not indicate why the trial was delayed.
According to a probable cause statement, a police officer was called to Kipp's home on March 5 after witnesses saw the man sunbathing nude in his backyard.
Three adults and four children at a nearby church parking lot were able to see through the man's chain link fence, police said, and saw the man naked. Kipp's fence does not have privacy slats, police noted in court documents.
When confronted, a completely nude Kipp told the officer that "he was sun bathing and that it was his property and he could do it if he wanted," according to the probable cause statement.
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