Obama streaker gets off without a dressing down

Juan Rodriguez - the unemployed Staten Island man who ran naked through a rally in Germantown as President Obama addressed a crowd - left a Philadelphia courtroom today fully clothed, still unemployed and on 24 months probation.

Rodriguez, 24, said nothing during the stipulated trial before Municipal Court Judge Lydia Y. Kirkland that lasted much less than his 15 minutes of fame, or notoriety.

In a stipulated trial, the prosecutor and defense lawyers agree to the facts in a case and the judge renders the verdict.

Assistant District Attorney Brandyn Hicks and defense attorney William J. Brennan barely finished speaking when Kirkland rattled off guilty verdicts for disorderly conduct, open lewdness and indecent exposure and then imposed sentence.

Hicks asked for a 3- to 23-month prison sentenced, saying Rodriguez committed a "crime not just against the president but against the community."

She said causing a commotion amid a crowd of 18,000 during a high-security event like a presidential visit could have resulted in injuries to bystanders.

"Other than this dumb event," said Brennan, "my client has three kids and just one other minor violation as a juvenile."

Brennan said Rodriguez jumped a subway turnstile and served one day of community service.

Rodriguez pulled the stunt for a $1 million prize offered by Alki David, a California billionaire to promote his live-reality-TV website.

David later claimed Rodriguez never fulfilled all the contest criteria because Rodriguez never got within 10 feet of Obama.

David kept the prize but said he gave Rodriguez $100,000.