The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A Burger King employee was arrested after being accused of placing a hidden camera in the bathroom at a Home Depot and spraying the alleged victim with pepper spray.
Late in the morning on May 14, an individual later identified as a 23-year-old man who works at a Burger King in Homestead was reportedly in the restroom at a Home Depot located next door to the fast-food restaurant. According to reports, an individual went into the bathroom and spotted a man who wasn’t wearing any clothing. When he went into the stall to use the facilities, he saw what looked like a camera on a cell phone pointed at him and believed the nude man was trying to record him. The alleged victim got the Home Depot manager and told them that the perpetrator was still in the bathroom. When he came out, he was reportedly holding a can of pepper spray and used it on the alleged victim before leaving.
The authorities were notified, and between the statements given by those involved and surveillance video, they believed the culprit was the Burger King employee. On June 30, the man was arrested at his residence and initially taken to the Miami-Dade South District Station. He refused to talk to the authorities, and things went further south when he reportedly bit a deputy twice on the arm. The suspect was evaluated at a local hospital, and afterwards, he was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He is facing preliminary charges for one count of video voyeurism and one count of battery. The following day, he was released on a $12,650 bond. For the time being, he will be on house arrest.