HPER 'peeping tom' enters plea of not guilty

The suspect involved in a string of "peeping tom" incidents in the women's locker room at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation entered a plea of not guilty to charges of voyeurism, a Class B misdemeanor, and trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.\nJohn Wesley Graves, 23, appeared in front of Judge Kenneth Todd at the Monroe County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. After sifting through a stack of papers explaining the charges filed against him, Graves stated he understood his rights and accusations.\nGraves will remain in jail until his bail hearing on Feb. 2. His pretrial conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 21 in Judge Mark Kellams' courtroom.\nAccording to IU Police reports, a probable-cause affidavit was filed Jan. 21 against Graves and a warrant for his arrest was issued after an elementary school girl identified him in a photo lineup as the man who had been spying on her after a swim meet in a stall of the HPER bathroom.\nThe incident is one of three that have been reported to the IUPD since Jan. 7, IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said.\nBecause police did not have a permanent address for Graves and couldn't track him down, they were unable to make an arrest. However, Graves' stepfather, Mike Fuller, a local bail bondsman, turned him in to the Monroe County Jail Thursday morning.\n"Basically, he had been living on the street off and on for several years and it was pretty likely he'd be very difficult to find," Fuller told the Indiana Daily Student Friday. "And so when I found out (about the warrant for his arrest), I thought it'd be best for me to take him in for free."\nGraves' criminal record includes prior arrests for battery, theft, battery with a deadly weapon, sexual misconduct with a minor, domestic battery and rape.\nAccording to Indiana law, a Class A misdemeanor carries a jail sentence of no more than a year in addition to up to $5,000 in fines. If convicted for a Class B misdemeanor, Graves could face up to 180 days in jail and a fine of as much as $1,000.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Lori Geller at lfgeller@indiana.edu,.