Purdue professor Sergey Macheret, 65, was arrested this week and faces three criminal allegations, including dealing methamphetamine and propositioning a person for sexual favors, according to Tippecanoe County Jail records.
Highlights of this day in history include: World War II's Battle of Stalingrad ends; Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda; author James Joyce born; dancer-actor-coreographer Gene Kelly dies; punk rocker Sid Vicious dies. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue professor was arrested Wednesday and faces three criminal allegations, including dealing methamphetamine and propositioning a person for sexual favors, according to Tippecanoe County Jail records.
Police received reports over the previous two months of a man approaching women in the Lafayette area. An investigation identified Sergey Macheret, 65, as the person of interest, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Lafayette police arrested Macheret in Lafayette on Wednesday, according to jail records and Lafayette police. He was jailed on suspicion of dealing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and making an unlawful proposition.METH AT THE LIBRARY?:
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