Woburn Man Faces Third Lewdness Offense

WOBURN, MA -- A 36-year-old Woburn man with two prior arrests for lewdness was arrested by Woburn Police on Sunday after patrons of the Red Roof Inn allegedly saw him naked and committing a lewd act in the picture window of his fifth-floor hotel room.

In Woburn District Court on Monday, Francis Nestico, 36, of Woburn, had his bail set at $1,000 cash after pleading not guilty to three counts of open and gross lewdness. If he posts bail, Judge Timothy Gailey ordered that Nestico stay away from the Red Roof Inn in Woburn and have no contact with the alleged victims.

Prosecutors explained that at around 9 p.m. on May 14, a man and woman, patrons of the hotel, saw a naked man standing at his window in his fifth-floor room committing a lewd act. While it was dark outside, the man had his room lights on so he was visible, prosecutors allege.

When the suspect allegedly looked directly at the woman, she gave him an obscene gesture, and he placed a shirt over his face and continued his lewd conduct, prosecutors allege. Hotel staff also noted Nestico's behavior, the prosecutor said.

Prosecutors sought $2,500 cash bail, noting Nestico has two prior convictions for the same conduct in February 2016. In one case, a woman looked out her bedroom window and saw Nestico standing naked in his bedroom window and committing a lewd act while looking at her.

In the second case, he was convicted of breaking and entering and open and gross lewdness after he was caught committing a lewd act in the kitchen of his downstairs neighbor, prosecutors said.

Nestico's next court date is June 9.

Photo by Lisa Redmond/lisa.redmond@patch.com.