Apartment maintenance hides camera in tenant’s apartment www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on July 25, 2008
Apartment maintenance worker hides camera in tenants bedroom www.privateofficer.com
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga.( Metro Atlanta) July 25 2008
By : Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
www.privateofficer.com Police arrested a maintenance worker at a DeKalb County apartment complex after a woman found a video camera hidden in a vent in her apartment.
Officers responding to a complaint from an apartment tenant said that a camera had been placed inside a vent in the apartment without her permission.
Investigators said the woman noticed something in a vent over her bed at the Creekside Apartments on Pleasantdale Rd. When she opened the vent, a camera attached to a remote antenna fell out.
Investigators later determined that an apartment maintenance employee had entered the apartment without legal reason and placed the camera above the tenants bed.
Julio Rodriguez, 56, was charged with unlawful surveillance and criminal trespass.
Officers responding to a complaint from an apartment tenant said that a camera had been placed inside a vent in the apartment without her permission.
Investigators said the woman noticed something in a vent over her bed at the Creekside Apartments on Pleasantdale Rd. When she opened the vent, a camera attached to a remote antenna fell out.
Investigators later determined that an apartment maintenance employee had entered the apartment without legal reason and placed the camera above the tenants bed.
Julio Rodriguez, 56, was charged with unlawful surveillance and criminal trespass.
Rodriguez operated the camera remotely using a computer in his apartment at the complex, according to police.
Police are checking other apartments at Creekside for more hidden cameras and will examine his computer for further evidence.
Additional charges may be forthcoming according to a police investigator. This could be the only victim or it could be the tip of the iceburg he said.
Rodriguez was taken into custody and transported to the city jail and was being held pending a bond release.
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