Peering through bedroom window leads to peeping tom charge on 31st Street, police say

A 28-year-old Columbus man was taken to Muscogee County Jail late Wednesday after a woman said a man peered through her bedroom window on 31st Street while she was getting dressed, police said .

Jason Samuel Juriel was charged with one count of peeping tom and loitering after his arrest in the 1000 block of 31st Street. He is held in the jail for 2 p.m. hearing in Recorder’s Court.

Two police officers were called to the 31st Street home about 9:44 p.m. to check on a peeping tom. At the scene , the victim told police that she observed a man watching through her bedroom window as she was getting dressed.

Outside her home, she saw a man next to her driveway and pointed him out to police. “That’s him standing there,” she said.

Juriel was taken into custody without incident.

This story was originally published October 18, 2018 at 10:50 AM.