Police: Man Arrested at PSU For Sex Crime After Breaking into Woman’s Hotel Room

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

GoLocalPDX News Team

A man was arrested on the campus of Portland State University for public masterbation, just hours after he allegedly entered a woman’s hotel room and began to masturbate next to her while she slept, police said.

At 1:45 p.m., Monday, James Ray McNeil, 33, was arrested on the second floor of Lincoln Hall, after a brief struggle. He was reportedly masterbating in public next to a female student, according to Sgt. Pete Simpson of the Portland Police Bureau.

McNeil was identified as a suspect in an incident that had been reported earlier that morning at the Estate Hotel, at 225 NW Couch Street, Simpson said.

A 33-year-old female reported that she woke up in her hotel room at 8:30 a.m. to see a man naked and masturbating in her room as he touched her, according to police.

McNeil was charged with felony public indecency, failure to register as a sex offender, trespassing and parole violation. McNeil was also charged with burglary and sex abuse, Simpson said.