Man Found Guilty of Public Indecency; Ordered Out of Marion County

A 47-year-old Spokane, Washington man has been ordered not to come back to Marion County as part of his plea on a public indecency charge.

Christopher Barker admitted to exposing himself in the campground area of Forbes State Park near Omega in a Thursday court hearing.   He was also placed on two years conditional discharge and given credit for the 32 days he has spent in the Marion County Jail since his arrest.   Barker will also have to pay a $900 fine and court costs.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department was called to the park after a man camping in the park struck Barker knocked him unconscious after he exposed himself in front of his wife.   Barker was checked by EMS at the scene but required no hospitalization.