Welcome to Arrest Stories. A Texas A&M University professor faces indecent exposure charges after allegedly masturbating on the University of Texas campus while holding paper to conceal his face from witnesses. Heres what may have happened.
On April twenty-ninth, Professor Russell Johns was visiting the UT campus after receiving an invitation from the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. According to police reports, Johns positioned himself at the William C. Powers Student Activity Center where he allegedly began masturbating while holding a piece of paper in front of his face as if reading.
Officials state that Johns did "expose his genitals while staring at two female UT students" during the incident. The bizarre scene unfolded as unsuspecting students went about their daily activities at the popular campus facility.
University of Texas Police initially responded to the scene and released Johns with only a criminal trespass warning. The case appeared to go quiet until May, when UTPD followed up with witnesses to gather additional information about the alleged incident.
The timeline reveals a striking development. Despite the April incident, Texas A&M University hired Johns sometime after the alleged exposure occurred but before his eventual arrest. In July, the university even posted celebratory social media content announcing Johns joining their faculty.
However, university officials maintain they had no knowledge of the allegations during the hiring process. A spokesperson emphasized, "He was not an employee at the time, and the university had no knowledge of the allegation when he was hired."
The situation escalated on August thirteenth when Texas A&M police arrested Johns on the indecent exposure charges. He was processed and released on a seventy-five hundred dollar cash bond.
Texas A&M has taken swift action following the arrest. Officials confirm that Johns "has never taught and is currently on suspension" pending the outcome of the criminal case.
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