Ex-Critter Caught Beachcoming

CBS/AP) A former U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania was accused Wednesday of exposing himself to at least two women at a Florida beach resort. Joseph M. McDade, 75, was issued a summons on a charge of "exposure of sexual organs," a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

McDade was seen "masturbating on the beach and by the pool area of the hotel" by three witnesses on one day last month, according to police reports.

The Naples (Fla.) News reports that three police complainants detailed similar scenarios. The first witness said she saw McDade masturbating 10 to 15 feet away from her. The second said McDade followed his wife from the beach while masturbating, while the third said McDade watched her leave her lawn chair at the beach, and proceeded to follow her while masturbating, according to reports.

The third witness "thought Mr. McDade was a mental patient," according to reports.

McDade, a Republican, served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1999. He did not seek re-election in 1998.

--- McDade was acquitted of racketeering charges in 1996, accused of accepting "gifts" from defense contractors in return for lucrative contracts, etc.

McDade's daddy in 1941 played a role in creating the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport in Pennsylvania. Joseph came along later to to get money from federal budgets and grants to improve it. Joe recalled his father's dedication to the airport : "My father was a very civic-minded fellow," he said. "He was very much in favor of coming into the new world."

And a generation after his father helped create the Airport, Mr. McDade had the chance to help renew it. "The question was, what could we do to bring the Airport into the new world?" said Junior McDade.

Typical, I tell ya, typical - McBater goes from a civic minded dynasty of bringing in the new world (or New World) to an old man coming at girls on the beach.