Purdue said in a statement to WGN-TV that the professor has been placed on leave.
An aeronautics professor at Purdue University was arrested for allegedly dealing methamphetamines and propositioning women for sex in exchange for money, according to Indiana police.
Sergey Macheret, 65, was busted on Wednesday night in Lafayette following a lengthy investigation into reports of a “suspicious” man approaching women, according to the Lafayette Police Department. He was charged with dealing meth, possession of meth and making an unlawful proposition — which Indiana law is defined as offering to pay someone for sexual intercourse or acts,The award-winning academic and author has been a professor of aeronautics and astronautical engineering at Purdue since 2014,“The university will cooperate fully with the investigation,” the school said. “The employee has been placed on leave pending further updates and legal proceedings and is barred from campus.
that he could not comment on legal matters, but urged “any AAE students, staff and faculty who have questions or concerns about this impact of this matter on their academic endeavors … to contact me directly.”Share this article:
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