https://www.newsweek.com/american-arrested-moscow-william-nycum-1898000American Jailed in Russia After 'Breaking Into Children's Library' and Passing Out
An American English-language tutor was arrested in Moscow for "petty hooliganism" after he allegedly broke into a library while intoxicated and passed out, according to reports in Russian media.
William Nycum was found on Friday morning, asleep and half-dressed inside a children's library in Moscow. He was placed under administrative arrest for 10 days, per the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
Nycum, a U.S. citizen who was traveling in Russia, went out drinking on Thursday and lost contact with his group, REN TV reported. REN and the Izvestia newspaper obtained CCTV recordings from the library that show a partially dressed man climbing into the building through a window.
"He said he had been kidnapped, but he just took a taxi" after getting in a drunken fight with his friends, a source told REN, according to an AI-assisted translation.
"Then he broke the window near the children's library, climbed inside and fell asleep."
