Student faces 6 counts of sexual battery

An IU student was charged with six counts of felony class B sexual battery Wednesday. Khalid Fahad Hejab was arrested on a charge of larceny Monday night and taken to Monroe County Jail, where he remained until Thursday. Hejab, a resident of Forest Quad, was charged separately in the two cases because each set of charges was the result of a different IU Police Department investigation. \nThe larceny charge was a result of Hejab's suspected involvement in a theft from a dorm room inside Forest Monday. \nThe case began Monday with a call to IUPD dispatch informing officers of a theft of blankets and clothes from the room of a Forest resident. When officers went to talk to Hejab, who was a suspect in the case, they saw the stolen blankets and clothes in his room, and promptly arrested him on a charge of felony class B larceny, IUPD reports said. \nThe six counts of sexual battery, however, were the result of a longer investigation that had been going on since Nov. 5, IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said. The charges began with a complaint that Hejab had "rudely" touched a female resident of Forest. \n"As the investigation went along, more and more incidents began turning up," Minger said. "We were having women coming forward. One said he had grabbed her breast in the lounge, another said he had grabbed her buttocks in the elevator, and another said he had tried to kiss her while improperly touching her." \nMost of the alleged incidents happened in late October, IUPD reports said. The final and sixth count of sexual battery was the result of the complaint filed Nov. 5 that began the investigation.\n"These circumstances have happened in the past, where individuals don't come forward because they are not aware that others have been victimized by the suspect," Minger said.\nIUPD reports indicate Hejab is a citizen of Saudi Arabia but is attending school at IU.\nMinger said Hejab could be facing jail time or even deportation depending on what happens in court.\nHejab was bonded out of jail around 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a Monroe County Jail spokesman said.\n-- Contact staff writer Mike Wilson at mhwilson@indiana.edu.