BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A man has been locked up following an alleged incident on the campus of LSU, police said.

According to an arrest report, Bryson Couto, 18, is facing a charge of sexual battery.

Police said Couto is accused of touching a female inappropriately when she did not give consent for him to do so.

When speaking to investigators about what happened, the suspect admitted to the inappropriate touching, the arrest report states.

Couto was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Monday, December 8.

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