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Invasion of privacy

PA Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police PA Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police
PA Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police Reports of a man throwing fecal-covered clothing out of the window of his vehicle led to his arrest, police said in a Thursday, Nov. 14 news release. Jake Patrick Dilanzo, 32, of Chalfont, was arrested after police responded to a Target store after receiving reports of a man driving through the parking lot tossing clothing covered in feces out the window, according to the Warrington Township Police Department. This was on Saturday, Nov. 9. Officers found Dilanzo on the ground under a vehicle acting erratically, police said. He admitted to driving and refused to take any field sobriety tests…
Rutgers Student From Philly Recorded Women In Showers, Prosecutors Say Rutgers Student From Philly Recorded Women In Showers, Prosecutors Say
Rutgers Student From Philly Recorded Women In Showers, Prosecutors Say A Rutgers University student from Philadelphia was accused of recording students while they showered, authorities said. Michael Williams, 18, was charged with three counts of third-degree invasion of privacy and one count of fourth-degree tampering with evidence, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a news release on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Rutgers police received a report from a female student on Wednesday, Oct. 2 that she was being recorded in a bathroom. Similar incidents were also reported on the New Brunswick campus over the next three weeks. Investigators said Wi…
Former Penn State Players From Virginia, Philly Facing Rape, Other Sex Crimes: Court Docs Former Penn State Players From Virginia, Philly Facing Rape, Other Sex Crimes: Court Docs
Former Penn State Players From Virginia, Philly Facing Rape, Other Sex Crimes: Court Docs A pair of former Penn State players who were booted off the team over the summer are facing rape and other serious charges, according to court documents. Philadelphia native Jameial Lyons, and Kaveion Keys, of Richmond, Virginia, both 19, who were dismissed from the Nittany Lions and the university in August after being temporarily suspended from the squad. Lyons was charged with:  Rape; Aggravated assault without consent; Voluntary deviate sexual intercourse; Aggravated individual assault without consent; Indecent assault without consent of others; Invasion of privacy without consen…
Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit
Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit The former performing arts director at a Lehigh County high school was charged for secretly recording a student while he was in a changing room, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Francis Anonia, 43, of Allentown, was accused of using his cell phone to secretly record a student changing clothes while he was in the Parkland High School auditorium on Monday, Oct. 14, as detailed by the Allentown police in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student, who is now 21 years old, was 18 when the recordings were made in the auditorium's changing rooms in April 2021, a…
Chesco Man Secretly Recorded Victim For Months, Police Say Chesco Man Secretly Recorded Victim For Months, Police Say
Chesco Man Secretly Recorded Victim For Months, Police Say A Lincoln University man is accused of recording someone without their permission over a period of months, according to a release by Kennett Square police on Thursday, July 18.  Thomas Simon, 41, has been charged with a felony for interception of communications and a misdemeanor for invasion of privacy, the police explained in a release.  In January, the victim approached police and said Simon had been secretly recording video of them between October and December 2023, as detailed in the release.  Following an investigation, a warrant for his arrest was issued on July 12, ac…
More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA
More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA Prosecutors in Montgomery County have filed additional charges against medical assistant Ramon Garcia.  Garcia, 33, of Philadelphia, was previously accused of sexually assaulting patients under the guise of performing medical exams at Carbon Health on The Fairway in Jenkintown.  He is now charged with aggravated indecent assault, invasion of privacy, indecent assault without consent, harassment–lewd/lascivious acts, impersonating a license holder (nurse), wiretap violations for the illegal use of his cellphone, and possessing an instrument of crime, according to the…
Creep Planted Hidden Camera In PA Woman's Bedroom: Cops Creep Planted Hidden Camera In PA Woman's Bedroom: Cops
Creep Planted Hidden Camera In PA Woman's Bedroom: Cops A 27-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on accusations he used planted a hidden camera in a woman's home. Ryan Selleny became the center of an investigation on Sunday, March 24 when King of Prussia police got a report from a resident of the Kingswood Apartments about a suspicious device in her unit, the The Upper Merion Police Department said in a release. Officers met with the victim and she was able to point out a small phone plug charger that was plugged into an outlet in her bedroom. Closer inspection of this phone charger revealed it was actually a covert hidden camera, p…
Ex-PA Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG Ex-PA Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG
Ex-PA Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG A further investigation into the former president of the Waynesboro Youth Baseball League has revealed another sexual assault on a child and secret recordings of both children and adults naked in his home, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General on Oct. 12.  Justin Travis Biser, 44 of Waynesboro, previously was arrested for allegedly committing numerous sex crimes on teenage girls and spilling government secrets, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. In addition to the sexual abuse of three children and an adult, he was also accused of sharing confidenti…
PA Nurse Who Filmed 200+ Patients Naked Learns His Fate: AG PA Nurse Who Filmed 200+ Patients Naked Learns His Fate: AG
PA Nurse Who Filmed 200+ Patients Naked Learns His Fate: AG A former Cumberland County emergency room nurse has been sentenced for secretly filing 206 former patients while naked and incapacitated.  Michael Bragg, 42, of Chambersburg, previously pleaded guilty to to one count of aggravated indecent assault, one count of attempted indecent assault, 12 counts of sexual abuse of children, one count of manufacturing child pornography, 37 counts of invasion of privacy, and 6 counts of interception of oral communications. An investigation by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office that determined he secretly filmed 206 patients at UPMC Carlis…
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in  HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
Delco Man Sent Himself 'Personal' Photos From Victim's Phone: Police Delco Man Sent Himself 'Personal' Photos From Victim's Phone: Police
Delco Man Sent Himself 'Personal' Photos From Victim's Phone: Police A Delaware County man is accused of taking a woman's phone and sending himself her private photos, authorities say.  Justin Wilson, 32, of Secane, is charged with invasion of privacy and related offenses from an incident that police say happened in Tredyffrin Township on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Investigators say Wilson approached a woman and made casual conversation before asking for her phone, ostensibly so he could connect with her on social media. That's when detectives believe he accessed her camera roll and sent the private images to his own cellphone via text message, without permiss…
Alleged Creeper Who Took Photos In Men's Bathroom ID'd By Police In Philly Area Alleged Creeper Who Took Photos In Men's Bathroom ID'd By Police In Philly Area
Alleged Creeper Who Took Photos In Men's Bathroom ID'd By Police In Philly Area A Philadelphia area man is wanted by police after authorities say he secretly took photos of shoppers in the bathroom at a Chester County mall.  Richard Balanow, 49, of Pottstown, is wanted on an arrest warrant for multiple counts of invasion of privacy, West Whiteland police told Daily Voice.  Investigators believe Balanow took pictures and videos inside two different men's rooms at Exton Square Mall. Police said a man reported Balanow over the summer after noticing him trying to take photos of the man's son in the restroom. To submit a tip to West Whiteland police, visit the Ch…
Ex-PA EMS Chief Hit With New Charges After Second Hidden Camera Found, Authorities Say Ex-PA EMS Chief Hit With New Charges After Second Hidden Camera Found, Authorities Say
Ex-PA EMS Chief Hit With New Charges After Second Hidden Camera Found, Authorities Say A former EMS chief in Pennsylvania who used a hidden camera to record nearly a dozen victims — two of whom were minors — in the station's women's bathroom, will be facing additional charges after a second hidden camera was discovered inside his home, authorities said. Jason S. McCully, the former head of the Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS department, was newly charged on Sept. 12, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators have accused McCully, 39, of secretly recording two women, including a juvenile, on a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home on the 2900 …
PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say
PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say It appears that the Delaware County EMT arrested on charges of indecently assaulting a woman in an ambulance also worked for other medical providers, leading authorities to believe he may have more victims. Kevin H. Pressley, 24, is accused of exposing the semi-conscious woman's breasts and taking photos of her as he was with her in the back of an ambulance around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 on the 4800 block of Edgmont Avenue in Brookhaven, local police said. The victim was being treated at a medical facility in Brookhaven when 911 was called. She was then taken to an area hospital in an a…
Man Recorded Students On Hidden Camera In Bathroom Of Illegal Norristown Dance Studio: Police Man Recorded Students On Hidden Camera In Bathroom Of Illegal Norristown Dance Studio: Police
Man Recorded Students On Hidden Camera In Bathroom Of Illegal Norristown Dance Studio: Police A dance instructor was arrested after police say he used a hidden camera to record his students inside the bathroom of his illegal studio in Norristown. Francis G. Laurenzi, 37, was charged Wednesday, Aug. 17 with invasion of privacy, intercept communications, and possession of instruments of crime, court records show. Laurenzi had been running the unlicensed studio, "Frankie G Dance", in the basement of a home on the 1700 block of Kendrick Lane, Norristown Police Chief Derrick Wood said. An investigation into Laurenzi began after a woman told police on Tuesday, Aug. 16 that she spotted a …
Repeat Offender Captured On Video Sexually Assaulting Blind, Deaf, Mute PA Woman, DA Says Repeat Offender Captured On Video Sexually Assaulting Blind, Deaf, Mute PA Woman, DA Says
Repeat Offender Captured On Video Sexually Assaulting Blind, Deaf, Mute PA Woman, DA Says A 23-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested after authorities say they discovered a video of him repeatedly sexually assaulting an elderly woman who is blind, deaf, and mute, just two months after being charged with a similar offense involving a minor. Malquan Craig, of Lancaster, is facing charges of indecent assault of a mentally disabled victim, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and invasion of privacy in connection with the incidents involving the handicapped 70-year-old woman, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The alleged assaults happened in 2…
Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD
Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD A man who recorded an “upskirt” video of a woman shopping at a Mercer County Wegmans deleted all of his phone's data just moments before his arrest, leading to additional charges, authorities said. Rahean J. Leonard, of Trenton, is accused of following a 59-year-old woman shopping at the Nassau Park Boulevard store in Princeton and recording a video with his phone up her sundress while she was distracted shortly before 3:10 p.m. on Friday, June 24, West Windsor police said in a release on Wednesday, July 13. Leonard then watched the video and left the store, police said. Leonard later alle…
Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police
Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police A 33-year-old central Pennsylvania former convict admitted to police that he had secretly been recording women using his cellphone in the bathroom at Turkey Hill, police say. Manor Township police first were alerted to the secret recording going on when they "received a report of invasion of privacy" at the Turkey Hill located in the 2600 block of River Road, Conestoga at around 2 p.m. on March 18, according to a release by the department. That day, a woman "used the restroom and observed the recording," and immediately deleted it, police say. But police learned during a warrant search of…
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment against a Somerset County man accused of taking lewd photographs of under a young girl's dress at a car dealership, authorities said. The action is commonly described as "upskirting." David M. Chapinski, 41, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township is charged with manufacturing of child sexual abuse materials, invasion of privacy, and child endangerment, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. The former adjunct professor has been charged with upskirting before at an Edgewater sup…
PA Man Hid In Elementary School Bathroom To Film Girls: Police PA Man Hid In Elementary School Bathroom To Film Girls: Police
PA Man Hid In Elementary School Bathroom To Film Girls: Police A 26-year-old man was allowed to enter an elementary school to use the restroom and stayed to film in the girl's bathroom, police and school officials say. Brian Mintmier entered Ramsey Elementary School under the guise of using the restroom on Tuesday, Mar. 15 around 2:19 p.m., Gateway school district Superintendent Dr. William Short said in a letter to Ramsey school families. Mintmier then went to a girl's bathroom where he hid for 40 minutes — attempting to take a video on his cell phone, a child told the school principal Mr. Joseph Rosi, according to the letter. Rosi contacted Monroevi…
Police Dispatcher Hid Camera In PA Police Department Urinal: Report Police Dispatcher Hid Camera In PA Police Department Urinal: Report
Police Dispatcher Hid Camera In PA Police Department Urinal: Report A Pennsylvania police dispatcher has been accused of hiding a camera in a bathroom urinal in a police department, according to multiple media outlets citing police. John Logan, 49, of North Versailles, is accused of using Velcro to attach a small camera, painted white to the inside of a urinal at North Versailles police department and filming police officers using the restroom, WTAE reports citing a criminal complaint. The bathroom required an access card and only allowed one person in the room at a time, WPXI reports citing the criminal complaint. After the camera was discovered on New …
Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says
Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says A suburban Philadelphia high school choir teacher has been accused of using a hidden camera to record a former student undressing at his home, authorities in Bucks County said. Joseph Ohrt, 56, of Buckingham Township, on Tuesday, was charged with one felony count of intercepting oral communications and four felony counts of possessing a device for intercepting communications, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Ohrt was also charged with misdemeanor offenses of invasion of privacy and attempting to have the recording devices destroyed last October. He w…
Priest Dismissed For Sexual Misconduct Caught Filming Boy In PA Target Bathroom: Report Priest Dismissed For Sexual Misconduct Caught Filming Boy In PA Target Bathroom: Report
Priest Dismissed For Sexual Misconduct Caught Filming Boy In PA Target Bathroom: Report A former priest who was dismissed for sexual misconduct has been arrested for taking a video of a child in a Target bathroom, according to police and court documents. Paul G. Spisak, 77, of Pittsburgh, told police he was "just playing solitaire" but later admitted to filming the 13-year-old boy through a crack in the bathroom stall of Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood Target Tuesday, according to a report by WPXI. Spisak has been charged with the following according to his court docket: F2 Photograph/Film/Depicting on Computer Sex Act - Knowingly or Permitting Child F3 Sex…
Willow Grove Park Mall Peeping Tom Turns Himself In To Police Willow Grove Park Mall Peeping Tom Turns Himself In To Police
Willow Grove Park Mall Peeping Tom Turns Himself In To Police A man wanted for filming a woman changing in a Montgomery County mall dressing room turned himself in to police Tuesday, authorities said. Thomas Cugini, 31, of Willow Grove is facing charges of unlawful contact with a child, criminal use of a communication facility, invasion of privacy, and harassment, according to the Abington Township Police Department. The young woman was trying on clothes at the Willow Grove Park Mall on Aug. 29 when she noticed someone filming her under the door with a camera, police previously said. After the woman informed store employees, the suspect fled the scen…
Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury
Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury A Chester County man was convicted by a jury of invasion of privacy for looking under a sleeping hospital patient's gown last year, authorities said. The 52-year-old woman told police she was sleeping in an exam room at Phoenixville Hospital in January 2020 when she awoke to find 55-year-old Andrew Taylor peering beneath her hospital gown, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He had an unrequited romantic interest in the woman, authorities said. “Everyone should feel safe inside a hospital, but the defendant’s criminal actions caused the victim to feel embarrass…
PA Ex-Doctor Accused Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys, Secretly Recording People In Bathroom PA Ex-Doctor Accused Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys, Secretly Recording People In Bathroom
PA Ex-Doctor Accused Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys, Secretly Recording People In Bathroom An ex-doctor from Pennsylvania is accused of sexually abusing two boys and secretly recording others as they used his bathroom. Justin S. Rutherford, 32, of Douglassville, was charged with rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, possession of child pornography, and more, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation began on July 17 when the Berks County Detective’s Office received a tip from a state hotline that said a 13-year-old teenage boy was secretly captured by a hidden camera while showering at a friend's hous…
Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says
Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says A man registered as a sex offender since last June inappropriately touched an 11-year-old boy living in a household that hired him to remove bees, authorities in Bucks County said. Jeffrey Todd Lukens, 61, of Buckingham Township, had been working as a contractor in the Newtown Township home, and invited the boy over to help him on Sept. 2, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Lukens invited the boy to assist him, offering him a partial bee suit to wear to protect his face and upper body, according to a criminal complaint.  The boy was on a ladder and using a reciprocating…
Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty
Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty A Central Jersey man who secretly recorded people using restrooms at two local rescue squad stations while working as an EMT pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy, authorities said. Douglas Gimson, 32, pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree charges last Friday, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said alongside two local law enforcement agencies. An investigation by the HCPO Special Victims Unit and police departments in Lambertville and Flemington found that Gimson, a Hampton resident and former member of both the Flemington-Raritan and the Lambertville-New Hope rescu…
Police: Edgewater Supermarket Customers Tackle Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pic Of Underage Girl Police: Edgewater Supermarket Customers Tackle Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pic Of Underage Girl
Police: Edgewater Supermarket Customers Tackle Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pic Of Underage Girl A former adjunct professor was tackled by customers who caught him taking an "upskirt" photo of an underage girl on a Edgewater supermarket checkout line, authorities said. Responding officers found several good Samaritans holding down David M. Chapinski, 41, of Somerset at the Mitsuawa Market on River Road around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Detectives interviewed witnesses and obtained surveillance footage that shows Chapinski on the checkout line "with absolutely no groceries," Wetklow said. "It appears he was on the line strictly to take the upskirt photo of th…
PD: Delaware Man Charged For Placing Hidden Camera Pen In King Of Prussia Mall Dressing Rooms PD: Delaware Man Charged For Placing Hidden Camera Pen In King Of Prussia Mall Dressing Rooms
PD: Delaware Man Charged For Placing Hidden Camera Pen In King Of Prussia Mall Dressing Rooms A Delaware man was hit with multiple charges after police found he was responsible for placing pens equipped with a hidden camera in multiple dressing rooms inside the King of Prussia Mall. Upper Merion officers were dispatched on July 3 to the mall's Hollister store where a 14-year-old girl found the suspicious pen after she had already tried on clothes, 6abc reports. The girl turned the pen over to store management who then contacted Upper Merion police, authorities said. Officers identified Joseph Stevenson, 26, of Smyrna, Delaware as the culprit after he asked a store employe…
Camera Pens Allegedly Hidden In PA Fitting Rooms By Delaware Man Free On $10K Bail, Police Say Camera Pens Allegedly Hidden In PA Fitting Rooms By Delaware Man Free On $10K Bail, Police Say
Camera Pens Allegedly Hidden In PA Fitting Rooms By Delaware Man Free On $10K Bail, Police Say At least eight women, and one man, were secretly video-recorded inside two popular Pennsylvania store dressing rooms earlier this month, authorities said. Two tiny, hidden devices were recovered from the fitting rooms of stores at King of Prussia Mall in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, according to Upper Merion Township police. Initially, police said a 14-year-old girl found a tiny pen with a covert camera inside a fitting room at Hollister's store. Victims were filmed undressing, police said.  The pen was in plain sight, police said, but the girl allegedly noticed a tiny video-screen…