CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) _ The woman who walked nude from a Democratic fundraiser’s house says she feels remorse for his indictment for impersonating a public servant.
Lyndie Sines, a 28-year-old nurse, told a south Texas jury Tuesday that she apologized to Mauricio Celis “for drinking too much and putting him in that situation.”
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that after leaving Celis’ hot tub in 2007, Sines walked naked to a nearby convenience store, climbed into a bystander’s truck and police were called.
Police say that when Celis arrived on the scene, he flashed a Duval County badge and asked that she be turned over to him. Thirty-eight-year-old Celis is accused of using a suspended reserve deputy badge. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
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