Alleged Adultery on a Picnic Table

Who knew? Adultery is illegal in New York! However, it is almost never prosecuted, only 12 cases since 1972, not including the latest.

(Batavia, New York) A 41-year-old married woman, Suzanne M. Corona, was arrested about 5PM on Friday for allegedly engaging in sex with a man other than her spouse on a picnic table in a local park.

Batavia police said they were called to Farrall Park about 5 p.m. by the mother of a small child who was visiting the park along with numerous other women and their children. The woman reported two people were having sex on a picnic table under a pavilion.

Officer Matthew Baldwin arrived and charged Justin M. Amend, 29, of Oakfield, and Suzanne M. Corona, 41, with public lewdness, a misdemeanor.

Baldwin also charged Corona with adultery because he was aware that she was married, police said.

The adultery charge is punishable by 90 days in jail or a $500 fine.

Incidentally, since so few people have been prosecuted for adultery in New York, one might assume that marital fidelity is the rule in the Empire State. That is, if the one is an idiot.

Tip: Charles Simmins