Man accused of filming woman in LV gym locker room

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Jacob Tyler Godown, 34, is charged with a gross misdemeanor count of capturing images of another’s private area.

A Las Vegas antheral is accused of secretly signaling a pistillate successful a locker country astatine a Las Vegas Valley gym, according to constabulary and tribunal records.

Jacob Tyler Godown, 34, is charged with a gross misdemeanor number of capturing images of another’s backstage area. He was charged connected Aug. 26 successful transportation with the June incidental astatine a Las Vegas Athletic Club astatine 2655 S. Maryland Parkway, the Metropolitan Police Department said successful an apprehension report.

Police said the pistillate told constabulary she was astatine the gym astatine 6:55 a.m. connected June 15. While changing successful a locker country stall, “she noticed determination was an chartless big fishy connected the floor, nether her stall with a compartment telephone pointed astatine her portion she was nude,” constabulary said.

The pistillate said she yelled retired “Why are you signaling me?” and wrapped herself successful a towel.

The pistillate banged connected the stall adjacent to her, past pulled the stall doorway unfastened to find a antheral with agelong hairsbreadth inside. She pulled a portion of his hairsbreadth retired arsenic helium ran retired of the women’s locker room, constabulary said, and an worker and an adjunct manager of the gym chased aft the man, but helium got away.

The antheral was observed fleeing successful a reddish Volkswagen Jetta, constabulary said. The antheral was besides captured connected video surveillance wrong the gym, constabulary said.

Nine days later, the constabulary were called to the gym by the aforesaid woman, constabulary said. She told constabulary that the antheral who recorded her was successful the parking lot. Police approached the antheral and ordered him retired of reddish Volkswagen. When helium got retired of the conveyance his loop was undone, his pants were buttoned up but his pants zipper was down, constabulary said. The man, constabulary said, identified himself arsenic Godown.

Police said they recovered a achromatic pulverization believed to beryllium cocaine successful the vehicle. Godown was arrested connected suspicion of possessing cocaine arsenic good arsenic an outstanding warrant, and constabulary said they besides collected phones they recovered successful the vehicle. Police interviewed Godown and helium told constabulary that helium got confused and went into the incorrect restroom.

“I asked Godown what helium was doing successful the woman’s locker country for astir 4 hours,” constabulary said. “He stated that helium was precocious connected cocaine and did not remember.”

A forensic investigation of the contents connected the phones showed video recorded from a bath stall arsenic good arsenic video of a pistillate successful her undergarments connected June 15, constabulary said.

Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com.