FORT LAUDERDALE – A Pompano Beach guy is accused of installing hidden cameras in the bogs of a number of YouFit Gymnasium spots.
On September 12, a supervisor at a YouFit Fitness center in Deerfield Beach contacted the Broward Sheriff’s Office environment after a concealed digicam was uncovered mounted below the sink in the men’s handicapped-accessible toilet stall.
The digicam was identified just after a regional manager urged all amenities to research for concealed cameras their in bogs after a single was located under a sink in a men’s handicap stall dealing with the toilet at yet another place.
In addition to the Deerfield Seashore location, concealed cameras ended up in men’s handicapped-available stalls in Boynton Beach and Davie.
When sheriff’s investigators contacted Boynton Seaside police detectives about the camera, they ended up told that a male named “Santiago Lopez” was a YouFit Gym member and had frequented the diverse gyms exactly where the hidden cameras have been observed within a two month time period.
A search of the Deerfield Seashore camera’s memory playing cards uncovered at minimum 50 male victims who were being recorded with out their consent, at the very least two appeared to be underage, in accordance to the sheriff’s office. They also reportedly observed visuals of “Santiago Lopez” placing it in location.
Investigators were able to keep track of down two of the males from the pictures and they confirmed they were recorded without having their consent. When investigators confirmed pictures of the person setting up the cameras to witnesses, they confirmed that it was “Santiago Lopez.”
Sheriff’s investigators acquired that “Santiago Lopez” was 30-calendar year-previous Bernardo Santiago Lopez and he lived in Pompano Beach.
He was arrested on November 3rd.
For the duration of questioning, he reportedly admitted to location up cameras in quite a few YouFit Gym, such as the just one in Deerfield Seaside. He explained “he was curious and favored to see men exposed,” according to the arrest report.
Lopez was arrested and has been billed with two counts of video clip voyeurism. A lot more charges may possibly be forthcoming.
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