Press release from the University Police Department:

On Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at approximately 6:05 am, the University Police Department (UPD) received a report regarding an unknown male subject who had exposed himself and masturbated in front of two female students in the forest on Granite Avenue Extension on campus.

Officers responded and were unable to locate the suspect. During the investigation, UPD  discovered that the same subject had been peering into multiple windows of a residence hall on campus. 24-year-old Victor Phetsomphou, who is not a student at Cal Poly Humboldt, was identified as a person of interest in the incident.

On Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, UPD, with the assistance of the Arcata Police Department, served a search warrant and an arrest warrant at Phesomphou’s residence in Arcata. Several evidentiary items were collected, and Phetsomphou was taken into custody without incident.

He was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, where he was booked on PC 314.1 Indecent Exposure; PC 185 Being Masked While Committing a Crime; PC 647(a) Lewd Acts in Public; and PC 647 (J) (1) Peeping.

Phetsomphou’s bail has been set at $85,000.

This investigation is ongoing. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the University Police Department at (707) 826-5555.