Teh One Who Knocks
04-28-2011, 04:12 PM
By Karen Voyles - Gainseville Sun Staff writer
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Patrons of a tanning bed in Starke may have been unknowingly featured in the owner's secret videotapes.
Officials are trying to determine who the victims may have been including some who appeared to be teens based on recordings seized when the salon owner was arrested.
Doyce Dean Griffis, 47, of 2261 SE 128th St. in Starke, was arrested Tuesday by the Bradford County Sheriff's Office and charged with making, printing or publishing computer pornography and voyeurism.
I just like to look at pretty girls naked, Griffis said in a jailhouse interview Wednesday morning. And it got to a point where it got out of hand.
He added, The recordings were strictly for me.
The case against Griffis began when two women told sheriff's Detective Kevin Mueller that they thought Griffis was videotaping female patrons of his self-serve tanning business without their knowledge.
The tanning salon was in a barn behind Griffis' home, Mueller said, and patrons paid $2 for 20 minutes in the tanning bed.
The women said customers would insert their money into a slot in the wall, then lie in the bed in whatever state of undress they chose.
Mueller said the tanning business has probably been in operation since at least 2000.
Capt. Brad Smith said Griffis confessed to filming female tanners as they undressed before getting into the tanning bed. According to Smith, Griffis was behind a two-way mirror operating a video camera.
Mueller seized four large containers of VHS tapes, 30 or more 8 mm cassettes, 41 DVDs, two computer memory cards, the two-way mirror and a laptop computer.
Griffis told The Sun that he originally bought the tanning bed for his personal use and had it set up inside his home. However, once he decided to let others use it for a small fee, he said he moved it to a barn behind his house, installed a two-way mirror he bought for $90 in Jacksonville and began making the videotapes.
It started out harmless, Griffis said Wednesday morning. It was meant strictly for me. I never even told my friends about it.
Griffis also said he was aware that there were rumors that he was videotaping women, but said he was surprised it took as long as it did about 10 years for him to be caught.
Smith said detectives have begun trying to identify the females in the recordings.
Griffis was being held at the Bradford County jail on Wednesday morning. He was denied bail.
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Patrons of a tanning bed in Starke may have been unknowingly featured in the owner's secret videotapes.
Officials are trying to determine who the victims may have been including some who appeared to be teens based on recordings seized when the salon owner was arrested.
Doyce Dean Griffis, 47, of 2261 SE 128th St. in Starke, was arrested Tuesday by the Bradford County Sheriff's Office and charged with making, printing or publishing computer pornography and voyeurism.
I just like to look at pretty girls naked, Griffis said in a jailhouse interview Wednesday morning. And it got to a point where it got out of hand.
He added, The recordings were strictly for me.
The case against Griffis began when two women told sheriff's Detective Kevin Mueller that they thought Griffis was videotaping female patrons of his self-serve tanning business without their knowledge.
The tanning salon was in a barn behind Griffis' home, Mueller said, and patrons paid $2 for 20 minutes in the tanning bed.
The women said customers would insert their money into a slot in the wall, then lie in the bed in whatever state of undress they chose.
Mueller said the tanning business has probably been in operation since at least 2000.
Capt. Brad Smith said Griffis confessed to filming female tanners as they undressed before getting into the tanning bed. According to Smith, Griffis was behind a two-way mirror operating a video camera.
Mueller seized four large containers of VHS tapes, 30 or more 8 mm cassettes, 41 DVDs, two computer memory cards, the two-way mirror and a laptop computer.
Griffis told The Sun that he originally bought the tanning bed for his personal use and had it set up inside his home. However, once he decided to let others use it for a small fee, he said he moved it to a barn behind his house, installed a two-way mirror he bought for $90 in Jacksonville and began making the videotapes.
It started out harmless, Griffis said Wednesday morning. It was meant strictly for me. I never even told my friends about it.
Griffis also said he was aware that there were rumors that he was videotaping women, but said he was surprised it took as long as it did about 10 years for him to be caught.
Smith said detectives have begun trying to identify the females in the recordings.
Griffis was being held at the Bradford County jail on Wednesday morning. He was denied bail.