NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A man named Christopher Jermaine Deas has been grabbing the feet of female college students and trespassing at Wake Forest University, he was arrested Sunday according to court documents.
Deas is accused of reaching under the table while the victim was studying at the campus library and grabbing her foot.
But this is not the first time Deas has done this. In fact, his rap sheet is long.
WFMY News 2 found several court documents, alerts and articles from partner stations that show this behavior goes back several years.
We found charges on college campuses going all the way back to 2002 at GTCC.
UNC-Chapel Hill was targeted in 2011. In this alert, UNC-Chapel Hill warned students he had been released on bond and was known to return to campus frequently. He has since targeted UNC-Chapel Hill numerous times.
UNC-Greensboro was targeted in Sept. 2013 and seven years later in Sept. 2020.
In March 2016, the University of South Carolina was targeted. University of South Carolina police arrested a man who they say rubbed and pinched a woman's toes at the Thomas Cooper Library on campus.
Next, in Aug. 2022, eleven years after the first time, UNC-Chapel Hill was again on the list.
Now, he's been arrested on the campus of Wake Forest University.
Deas almost always pleads guilty to these charges.
Here's a list of some of the times he has offended on college campuses:
- Nov. 2002- Guilford Co. Disorderly conduct on educational property & trespassing at Guilford Technical Community College
- Sept. 2008- Wake Co.- Assault on a female, he entered a guilty plea, at NC State
- March 2011- Orange Co. Assault on a female, he entered a guilty plea at UNC-Chapel Hill
- April 2011- Orange Co. Assault on a female, he entered a guilty plea at UNC-Chapel Hill
- May 2011- Orange Co. Assault on a female, he entered a guilty plea, at UNC-Chapell Hill
- Sept. 2013- Guilford Co. Assault on a female at UNC-Greensboro
- Sept. 2020- Guilford Co. Assault on a female, entered a guilty plea & charged with habitual misdemeanor assault at UNC-Greensboro
- Aug. 2022- Orange Co. Trespassing at UNC-Chapel Hill
As for the most recent WFU incident, Deas has been banned from campus. He was given a $1,500 secured bond.
Several of the schools listed above have encouraged their students to report sightings of Deas to the police.