Nicholls student arrested, booked with voyeurism

Published 9:52 am Friday, November 22, 2013

THIBODAUX (AP) — Police say a Nicholls State University student was arrested after he admitted to photographing men in bathroom stalls.

The Daily Comet reports (http://bit.ly/1i1uZaz) campus police arrested 19-year-old Zachary Cole Thursday on four counts of video voyeurism. He was taken to Lafourche Parish jail.

Nicholls State Police Chief Craig Jaccuzzo said police identified Cole after a victim told police officers that he caught Cole trying to photograph him in a bathroom stall using a cellphone.

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Each count of video voyeurism, which is a felony, comes with a minimum prison sentence of two years and a maximum sentence of 10 years in addition to a $10,000 fine.

It was unclear whether Cole has an attorney.