Arresting officer Kevin Faubion remains tight-lipped about the 2019 incident that led him to arrest Hoppe on a charge of “undressing where prohibited” in Pocahontas State Park. Faubion, the park’s former assistant manager, referred questions to the park system’s safety director, Scott Vantrease, who did not reply to inquiries.

Chesterfield County court records show that Faubion’s arrest of Hoppe coincided with his arrest of another individual: Andrew Hersey, a photographer once based in Charlottesville. The charge against Hersey was for conducting an “unauthorized commercial enterprise” in that same park.

Chesterfield County prosecutor Stacey Davenport has downplayed Hoppe’s arrest because it “did not involve children or any sexual act.” Davenport went on to further downplay the incident by noting that the regulation used to charge Hoppe was repealed just one week after the incident.

Both individuals were charged with a violation of the Virginia State Park regulations. These are Class 3 misdemeanors which, as Davenport noted, are nonjailable offenses with a maximum punishment of a $500 fine.

Chesterfield General District Court records show that both Hoppe and Hersey were found guilty in absentia. Hoppe was assessed $172 in fines and fees, which she appealed, while Hersey paid $187.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are overthinking the undressing in public part. It doesn’t take especially significant wealth and connections to get that knocked down to community service for first time offenders. As long as she was engaged in activities with a consenting adult jail time seems really unlikely. I’m not sure what you’re expecting when you can avoid jail time for first time bar fights and theft.

The offense occurred 10/10/2019. Unless she couldn't make it to a bathroom and was reliving herself, I can't think of a legitimate excuse for a woman to get naked in the park in the fall. I doubt she would have been arrested, if she was relieving herself. Seems like it would have been too cold for most people.

It's typically pretty warm in Virginia in early October.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/va/chesterfield-county/KVACHEST60/date/2019-10-10

It got up to 75 at 3:54PM in Chesterfield but there was 12mph NNE wind and the condition was partly cloudy tapering off from mostly cloudy. Like I said, only reason to be undressed there is to relieve one's self and she wouldn't have been arrested if that were the case. The assistant manager was the complainant, so I doubt they would have called the police because a woman had diarrhea, and now he was promoted to a full manager at another facility and is not permitted to talk about this case. There wasn't any sunbathing or skinny dipping going on.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are overthinking the undressing in public part. It doesn’t take especially significant wealth and connections to get that knocked down to community service for first time offenders. As long as she was engaged in activities with a consenting adult jail time seems really unlikely. I’m not sure what you’re expecting when you can avoid jail time for first time bar fights and theft.

The offense occurred 10/10/2019. Unless she couldn't make it to a bathroom and was reliving herself, I can't think of a legitimate excuse for a woman to get naked in the park in the fall. I doubt she would have been arrested, if she was relieving herself. Seems like it would have been too cold for most people.

It's typically pretty warm in Virginia in early October.

Anonymous wrote:You guys are overthinking the undressing in public part. It doesn’t take especially significant wealth and connections to get that knocked down to community service for first time offenders. As long as she was engaged in activities with a consenting adult jail time seems really unlikely. I’m not sure what you’re expecting when you can avoid jail time for first time bar fights and theft.

The offense occurred 10/10/2019. Unless she couldn't make it to a bathroom and was reliving herself, I can't think of a legitimate excuse for a woman to get naked in the park in the fall. I doubt she would have been arrested, if she was relieving herself. Seems like it would have been too cold for most people.

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“The investigation further
revealed that Ms. Hoppe allegedly used her own minor daughters as a lure to engage with the undercover officer, whom she believed to have access to a minor child.”

I don’t care if you’re a mentally ill or not. This is sick. There is no excuse. End of story.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67114161/11/united-states-v-hoppe/

Excellent observation. The undercover officer could not legally encourage her to bring her children with her. If she's convicted, this circumstance will add time to her sentence.

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Anonymous wrote:Chesterfield’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Stacey T. Davenport said: “The facts of the case did not involve children or any sexual act."

Really? What were the circumstances that caused a woman to get naked in Pocahontas State Park? The only excuse I can think of is that she had to relieve herself and there wasn't a bathroom near by and I doubt she would have been arrested for that, since she could point to the steaming pile left behind.

It's interesting that the assistant manager is listed as the complaintant and was subsequently transferred to another state park where they are now the manager, but they aren't permitted to comment on this incident.

Nude sunbathing? Skinny dipping?

I doubt it, since the offense occurred on 10/10/2019 according to the Chesterfield General District Court Records.

Anonymous wrote:Is she on bail or still in confinement?

Being held. Docs linked upthread re: government's reasons. Probably easily findable in DM article too, also upthread or Google. Next hearing in June.

Regardless of the eventual outcome, people will remember her maiden and married names, as well as the reasons for her arrests.

Is she on bail or still in confinement?

Anonymous wrote:Chesterfield’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Stacey T. Davenport said: “The facts of the case did not involve children or any sexual act."

Really? What were the circumstances that caused a woman to get naked in Pocahontas State Park? The only excuse I can think of is that she had to relieve herself and there wasn't a bathroom near by and I doubt she would have been arrested for that, since she could point to the steaming pile left behind.

It's interesting that the assistant manager is listed as the complaintant and was subsequently transferred to another state park where they are now the manager, but they aren't permitted to comment on this incident.

Nude sunbathing? Skinny dipping?

Chesterfield’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Stacey T. Davenport said: “The facts of the case did not involve children or any sexual act."

Really? What were the circumstances that caused a woman to get naked in Pocahontas State Park? The only excuse I can think of is that she had to relieve herself and there wasn't a bathroom near by and I doubt she would have been arrested for that, since she could point to the steaming pile left behind.

It's interesting that the assistant manager is listed as the complaintant and was subsequently transferred to another state park where they are now the manager, but they aren't permitted to comment on this incident.

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Anonymous wrote:Is her family done with her?
She has a public defender instead of one of her family’s 900+ Attorneys

Wow.

Her own father could have defended her (like he did in her 2019 “unlawful undressing” charge) but apparently isn’t. My guess is that they’re trying to liquidate assets that are in her name to pay for one. This is often the case that someone initially has a public defender until they can get liquidity solved. I know her parents. They’re huge Aholes//snobs. I would be shocked if any lawyer in RVA agreed to take her case.

She already waived Miranda rights when she was arrested and admitted to sending the kiddie videos. The charging documents are way more explicit than the article. There is a mountain of evidence. I cannot imagine any jury finding her guilty. Her best bet is to plea. Either way I hope she NEVER gets out of jail.

They already have attorneys on retainer.

Perhaps there are some shoes yet to drop, or at the very least, being investigated.

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Anonymous wrote:finally...

1) her facebook profile is down

2) RTD published an article: https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/eleanor-hunton-hoppe-eppa-hunton-v/article_25408a7f-9492-5b07-bf7e-ac0918920160.html

Paywall!

Try the Twitter link posted down thread, that also opened for me.