Teh One Who Knocks
02-23-2017, 12:10 PM
By Barbara Miller - Penn Live
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A man accused of filming women in the bathroom of a pizza restaurant was discovered when a woman saw a man's hand in the ceiling, police in Luzerne County say.
Wright Township police in Mountain Top have issued warrants for the arrest of Juan Bermudes Prieto, 42, of Hazleton, said Chief Royce Engler.
He is accused of recording about 40 videos of women and girls on two recent Saturdays, Engler said.
Last Saturday, Engler said a woman in the bathroom "looked up and saw a hand in the ceiling."
She ran out and told the employees and her husband, who went in the men's bathroom. Prieto was in the ceiling, and jumped down and escaped through a window, Engler said.
Prieto dropped his cell phone, which police confiscated, along with two hats. He also left a car he borrowed at the restaurant, Luigi's.
Prieto had worked there for over a year, but only worked weekends, said the chief. The first incident is believed to have occurred Jan. 21.
Police have filed 22 charges, including invasion of privacy and child pornography, since some of the videos were of young children, Engler said. Anyone with information on victims or Prieto's whereabouts is asked to call Wright Township police at 570-474-9251.
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A man accused of filming women in the bathroom of a pizza restaurant was discovered when a woman saw a man's hand in the ceiling, police in Luzerne County say.
Wright Township police in Mountain Top have issued warrants for the arrest of Juan Bermudes Prieto, 42, of Hazleton, said Chief Royce Engler.
He is accused of recording about 40 videos of women and girls on two recent Saturdays, Engler said.
Last Saturday, Engler said a woman in the bathroom "looked up and saw a hand in the ceiling."
She ran out and told the employees and her husband, who went in the men's bathroom. Prieto was in the ceiling, and jumped down and escaped through a window, Engler said.
Prieto dropped his cell phone, which police confiscated, along with two hats. He also left a car he borrowed at the restaurant, Luigi's.
Prieto had worked there for over a year, but only worked weekends, said the chief. The first incident is believed to have occurred Jan. 21.
Police have filed 22 charges, including invasion of privacy and child pornography, since some of the videos were of young children, Engler said. Anyone with information on victims or Prieto's whereabouts is asked to call Wright Township police at 570-474-9251.