Cops: Wife Bared All For Jailed Husband

A Great Falls woman accused of baring herself on the courthouse lawn for the benefit of her jailed husband was charged Monday with indecent exposure and unlawful communications with an inmate.

Tina Rae Beavers, 19, is married to Ernie Beavers, who is in jail pending trial on a series of felony burglary and theft charges. She was arrested Sunday afternoon by a sheriff’s deputy who said he saw the show from the courthouse annex, which is next to the jail.

Undersheriff John Strandell said the deputy’s report indicated Tina Beavers stretched out on the grass and exposed and fondled herself in full view of the jail.

Strandell said it was unclear whether Ernie Beavers or other inmates saw Tina Beavers, although the undersheriff said Beavers had asked his wife for the nude show.

Tina Beavers was also arrested in late summer for trying to smuggle cigarettes and marijuana to her husband, Strandell said.