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Complaint details prof’s alleged relationship with 14-year old

A criminal complaint formally filed Monday in Milwaukee revealed more details of the relationship between UW-Madison Professor Lewis Keith Cohen and a 14-year-old boy he allegedly met on the Internet. Police arrested Cohen in a Subway restaurant in Greendale, Wis., March 15 after he allegedly arranged to meet the boy. According to the complaint, Cohen said he was going to take the boy to a park where the two could “talk about sex” and “satisfy curiosity.” However, the complaint stated Cohen said he was not planning on actually having sex with the boy.