Two University students were arrested Thursday night and charged with lewdness and harassment, according to Borough Police Lt. Charles Davall.
On April 20 at about 11 p.m., Dennis Alshuler '03 and Sloan Bermann '02 allegedly exposed themselves and yelled obscenities during a performance by a female singing group in 1879 Arch. Subsequently, one of the pair allegedly masturbated in front of a female audience member and the other allegedly chased her while continuing to expose himself.
Public Safety conducted an investigation of the event and interviewed several witnesses in order to identify the students, according to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser.
Borough Police called the two students Thursday and asked them to come to police headquarters. Once at Borough Hall, the two students were arrested and gave statements. They were released on their own recognizance pending an appearance in Princeton Borough Municipal Court.
"You can't be silly and do something like this without getting into trouble," Weiser said. "And these guys got into trouble." Weiser also noted that he believes alcohol played a role in the incident.
Lewdness, according to the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice, is a disorderly persons offense in which the perpetrator "does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act, which he knows or reasonably expects is likely to be observed by other non-consenting persons who would be affronted or alarmed."
Harassment is defined as a disorderly persons offense in which "a communication or communications is made anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse language, or any other manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm."
The two crimes — lewdness and harassment — usually do not result in jail time, according to Davall.
The two students did not return repeated calls yesterday.
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