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PA Man Who Hid Spy Cameras To Record Girls In Bathroom Pleads Guilty: DA PA Man Who Hid Spy Cameras To Record Girls In Bathroom Pleads Guilty: DA
PA Man Who Hid Spy Cameras To Record Girls In Bathroom Pleads Guilty: DA A Bristol Township man secretly recorded his former girlfriend’s teenage daughters while they showered using hidden cameras, authorities announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5. John V. Dutton, 55, was investigated after the victims’ mother discovered a disguised spy camera in the bathroom of the home she shared with him in August 2023. She noticed a USB charging device with a small camera positioned toward the shower, prosecutors said. Suspicious of Dutton’s insistence on not using a shower curtain or opting for a clear one, she unplugged the device but left it in place. Moments later, Dutton enter…
Drunk Man Recorded Women In Planet Fitness Bathroom, Fled, Spat On Officer: Police Drunk Man Recorded Women In Planet Fitness Bathroom, Fled, Spat On Officer: Police
Drunk Man Recorded Women In Planet Fitness Bathroom, Fled, Spat On Officer: Police A Lancaster County man is accused of recording women in the restroom at a Planet Fitness while intoxicated before resisting arrest and spitting on an officer, Manheim Township police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Zachary Alan Willetts, 26, was found in the women’s restroom at the gym on Lititz Pike while three female witnesses were using the facilities and changing, authorities said. The women told police that Willetts was inside a stall, stating that he was recording. He fled the scene but was later found in the parking lot, where officers said he was “manifestly under the influence of a…
GUILTY! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military GUILTY! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military
Guilty! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military A former Pennsylvania youth baseball president and ex-Marine who worked in a classified government role has been convicted of sexually assaulting three people and secretly recording two others, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Jan. 30. Justin Travis Biser, 45, of Waynesboro, was found guilty of 65 offenses, including felony sexual assault, felony indecent assault, felony child pornography, and felony invasion of privacy following a three-day trial in Franklin County. Biser used his position in the Waynesboro Youth Baseball League to groom victims, prosecutors said. His cr…
$400M Lawsuit: Justin Baldoni Accuses Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Of Smear Campaign $400M Lawsuit: Justin Baldoni Accuses Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Of Smear Campaign
$400M Lawsuit: Justin Baldoni Accuses Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Of Smear Campaign In an escalating legal battle featuring Hollywood heavyweights, actor Justin Baldoni is suing Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million allegedly orchestrating a smear campaign to ruin his career. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges that Lively and Reynolds used their influence to seize control of Baldoni's film "It Ends With Us," an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel.  Baldoni directed, co-starred in, and co-financed the production through his company, Wayfarer Studios. “This is not a case about celebrities sniping at each …
Former Student Teacher Recorded Boys In Locker Rooms Of Multiple PA Schools: State Police Former Student Teacher Recorded Boys In Locker Rooms Of Multiple PA Schools: State Police
Former Student Teacher Recorded Boys In Locker Rooms Of Multiple PA Schools: State Police A former student teacher is accused of recording male students in locker rooms at two Pennsylvania school districts, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Samuel Elliot Fischer, 34, of Erie, is charged with multiple counts of Sexual Abuse of Children and Invasion of Privacy stemming from incidents at Owen J. Roberts High School in Chester County and Pine Richland schools in Allegheny County, according to state police. Investigators said Fischer, while working as a student teacher at Owen J. Roberts High School in 2023, secretly recorded male students in the locke…
PA Man Accused Of Plying Children With Alcohol To Secretly Film Them: Police PA Man Accused Of Plying Children With Alcohol To Secretly Film Them: Police
Colin Best Accused Of Filming Child Porn: Williamsport PD A Williamsport man is accused of providing alcohol to teens, secretly filming them, and possessing child sexual abuse material, police announced on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Colin James Best, 39, has been charged with sexual abuse of children, invasion of privacy, corruption of minors, furnishing liquor to minors, criminal use of a communication facility, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children, according to Williamsport police. The investigation began on Aug. 14, 2024, when a 17-year-old girl reported that Best had provided her and a 16-year-old girl with alcohol and marijuana at…
PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say
PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say A Reinholds man has been charged with invasion of privacy after an investigation revealed he allegedly possessed inappropriate images of a juvenile, the Ephrata Police Department announced on Monday, Nov. 18. Anthony John Valente, 39, is accused of possessing images of the intimate parts of a juvenile taken without the victim’s knowledge or consent. According to police, the photos were taken from a distance and zoomed in on the victim's body and intimate areas. The charge, one misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy, was filed before Magisterial District Judge Bearinger on Nov. 18, 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
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…
Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege
Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege Four victims have been identified as police continue to investigate a camera found in a Franklin and Marshall College girl's dormitory bathroom, Lancaster Police announced on Thursday, Nov. 30.  F&M student John Riley has turned himself over to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police only after campus security identified him as the man they saw in the recordings placing the camera in the girl's dormitory bathroom.  The City police had already been contacted by Franklin and Marshall College campus security after discovering "a hidden camera within a dorm bathroom by female stu…
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…
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…