Lewis Keith Cohen back in jail
Lewis Keith Cohen, the University of Wisconsin professor who gained infamy last summer for showing up at a Subway restaurant off of I-94 to allegedly meet a child for a sexual rendezvous, is back behind bars.
As the Badger Herald is exclusively reporting in its Thursday paper, Mr. Cohen is being charged with various violations of his probation, including usage of a UW computer to access the Internet (he was temporarily banned from cyber activity after the spat with the kid who turned out to be a cop). And just to make things more interesting, Mr. Cohen is also facing various drug allegations. As the Herald reports:
[Department of Corrections spokesperson John] Dipko said Cohen admitted to violating his probation after Cohen was confronted by his agent on allegations he had been partaking in “improper activities.” Cohen was immediately taken into custody April 7 when he came clean about his illegal actions.
Frankly, the more we learn about this guy, the creepier he gets. To think that Mr. Cohen was once chair of the school's comparative literature department is utterly horrifying; though, in fairness to the UW administration, it does appear that the former professor never offered warning signs of any of this behavior.
I wonder if he ever taught Lolita...
1 Comments:
Okay, I grant you that Lewis Keith Cohen probably deserves to have his ass back in the slammer. And using a campus computer for private use deserves some punishment.
But to say that "To think that Mr. Cohen was once chair of the school's comparative literature department is utterly horrifying ..." is absurd.
His behavior has nothing whatsoever to do with his competence as an instructor or administrator. I suspect you would see things differently if you were to be arrested for, say, drug abuse. ("My God, a druggie and he's been influencing the student population with his writings!")
Now if Mr. Cohen were, say, an athletics coach or physical therapist, then you've made an appropriate point.
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