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VOLUME 118, ISSUE 134
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
HEALTH
Peeping Tom, voyeurism issues run rampant Cherry Multiple arrests juice made in short time could fight insomnia Staff Reports
In a little more than a month’s time, the LSU Police Department responded to two incidents of video voyeurism and one incident of a peeping Tom, arresting four individuals. The most recent occurred Monday when LSUPD arrested James Richard Jarmuskewicz, 56, of 588 Grant Lake Lane, Wilton, Minn., on peeping Tom charges. LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said officers arrived at Middleton Library Monday afternoon after responding to a complaint of a peeping Tom. The victim told officers the
peeping Tom followed him into the bathroom the day before and peered under the stall. The victim called the police after he saw the perpetrator roaming the library again the next day. Officers located and arrested Jarmuskewicz in the library after the victim provided a physical description. Following the arrest, officers looked at surveillance footage showing Jarmuskewicz in the library on April 27 and 28, going from floor to floor entering restrooms, Lalonde said. Additionally, Lalonde said the investigation into a case of video voyeurism that began last week led to an arrest of the suspect in Texas. Lalonde said Mystyr Terry Stewart Jr., 27, of 300 Fortue St., Marlin, Texas, was arrested
Friday evening for allegedly videoing a female in the Herget Hall showers. Lalonde said because Stewart was arrested in Texas, where he was already a registered sex offender and on probation for armed robbery, the extradition is in process. LSUPD previously arrested University student Kayla Nicole Crear, 19, also of Marlin, Texas, for accessory after the fact to video voyeurism. Lalonde said Stewart was likely a guest of Crear’s at Herget at the time of the incident. The third incidence of sexrelated crime happened at the end of March when two University students were arrested for videoing a consensual sexual encounter in Kirby Smith Hall and posting it to Instagram.
The two students, Asa Wadsworth Baker, 18, and Xavien Rafael Riascos, 18, were arrested for video voyeurism. Lalonde said it is hard to determine if these voyeuristic crimes over the past month are because there is an actual increase in crime or an increase in the reporting of the crimes. “It would be speculation to say why we are having this many in this short a period of time,” he said. Lalonde said he encourages everyone to report any sort of suspicious activity in a timely manner. He said a good example of this was the library peeping Tom. The suspect appeared in the library again, and the victim ARRESTS, see page 11
THE WRITING ON THE WALL
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Mysterious blue graffiti appeared on campus Monday. Read the story on page 4.
Juice offers natural sleeping aid James Richards Staff Writer
LSU researchers have found a pigment in tart cherry juice that extends sleep by an average of 84 minutes in older adults with insomnia. The results were presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition and suggest Montmorency tart cherries may be a good alternative to pharmaceutical sleeping pills for the elderly, according to a news release. Frank Greenway, chief of the Outpatient Clinic at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and one of the study’s researchers, said falling and breaking bones are serious concerns for the elderly, and for those taking sleeping pills to combat their insomnia, the risk of falling is four times greater. The pills often leave the user groggy in the morning, making getting out of bed a potentially deadly act. “In the trials, the cherry juice didn’t leave anyone groggy,” he said. Jack Losso, professor in the school of nutritional and food sciences, analyzed the juice and found it contained an enzyme which inhibits the breakdown of tryptophan, a known sleep aid, Greenway said. The juice also contains melatonin, a hormone which also aids natural sleep. Greenway said although melatonin may help insomnia, it’s more effective as an easy treatment for jet-lag after long flights. He believes the combination of the tryptophan, melatonin and possibly a class of polyphenols called proanthocyanidin is what makes the juice so effective. But Greenway said younger insomniacs don’t have anything CHERRY JUICE, see page 11