The authorities are warning that last April they found a hidden camera in the bathroom of a unisex bathroom of a Paramount gym .
A woman alerted on 23 that she had found a recording device hidden in the unisex bathroom of her gym , who was not identified at the time, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday ( LASD . English) in a press release citing KTLA . The gym owner, who was arrested, had previously faced similar charges .
The 16 October 2019, a woman also found a hidden camera inside the unisex bathroom of a gym located on the block 15900 from Paramount Boulevard, according to a Lakewood Station press release.
After notifying authorities, arrested and charged with five counts invasion of privacy to gym owner Anthony Schnur , a 27 year old man from Downey. Schnur was sentenced to probation in October 2020.
It was in that same Schnur gym that another woman found a hidden camera in the bathroom last 23 April at 6: 45 in the morning. This user of the sports center also reported the accident to the sheriff’s department.
Schnur was arrested again on 27 of April for a case similar to the one he faced two years before . The charges you are now charged with are possession of a firearm in violation of a criminal protection order, invasion of privacy and contempt of court . The press release from the local agency indicates that the man was released on bail.
The authorities could not find the camera during the investigation and believe that the The defendant had time to get rid of the evidence before the investigation was carried out because he had previously been confronted on the matter through text messages. The man was arrested in his business, where the agents also seized a firearm.
Detectives alert the public that it is necessary to take into account that there may be devices video recording in public toilets and that it is important to check these spaces well to make sure that the images that can be taken do not invade your privacy. The owners of the establishment or the person who operates it can hide these cameras both in bathrooms, in changing rooms and in other types of rooms where their clients change.