Lisa Marchesoni
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 3:04 pm

A jilted man was indicted Tuesday after allegedly taking photographs of a nude woman engaged in a sexual act with him and sending the photographs in Christmas cards to her family, a detective said.

David Simmons, 56, of 3032 Cimarron Trail was charged Wednesday with eight counts of felony unlawful photography, criminal impersonation and felony vandalism.

Sheriff’s Detective Ralph Mayercik said Simmons and the woman engaged in a sexual act and Simmons allegedly took her photograph during the act without her knowledge.

“She dumped him” later, the detective said. “He didn’t take that well and decided he was going to get even.”

Simmons allegedly printed the photographs and send the pictures in Christmas cards to her family. Some family members opened the card while she was able to intercept other cards.

He allegedly called the woman’s ex-boyfriend and sent him a telephone message with the photograph, he said.

“She didn’t know the picture was taken,” Mayercik said. “She was very embarrassed.”

He was indicted for eight counts of unlawful photography.

As part of the same case, Simmons was accused of dumping roof nails into the woman’s driveway along with her ex-boyfriend and stepfather’s driveways, the detective said.

Mayercik accused Simmons of acting as the woman’s deceased father by calling the water department and Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. to turn off utilities at her home. When MTEMC crews arrived, the nails flattened all four tires on the truck.

He was indicted for felony vandalism for the nails and criminal impersonation for posing as her father, the detective said.

Simmons was previously convicted of felony perjury, the detective said. He owns A Wrecker Service.

He was booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center and released on bond. He is scheduled to receive copies of the indictments May 18 in Circuit Court.