Shoe-Cam Voyeur Faces More Charges
POSTED: Monday, March 23, 2009
UPDATED: 12:36 pm EDT March 23,
2009
A man already serving a four-month sentence after using a camera hidden in his shoe to snap pictures of women trying on swimsuits at a surf shop is now facing additional charges.
According to the Neptune Beach police, Jeffery Polizzi went into Aqua East on Atlantic Boulevard earlier this month, stood next to the dressing room and put his shoe under the door.
"She noticed it, grabbed his arm and he took off running," said Assistant police Chief Tony Carrillo.
Carrillo said three women reported this happening to them. One said she was naked in the dressing room when she noticed a black shoe extended into the dressing room.
The man ran out of the store when confronted, police said
Police said they were able to catch the suspect because one of the people inside the shop went outside and noticed a car that usually wasn't parked on one side of the parking lot, so an officer waited for several hours. He said the suspect came back got in the car and led him on a short chase.
Once Carrillo was apprehended, police said they found a camera attached to the tongue of Polizzi's shoe.
"He cut about a 2-inch hole to put a camera in," Carrillo said. "It is unusual. It's the only one that I know of around."
Police said Polizzi confessed to concealing a small digital camera in his shoe with the lens pointed up through a hole he cut in attempt to photograph naked women.
Polizzi was charged with video voyeurism. At his first appearance on the charge, he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to serve four months in jail.
On Monday, Neptune Beach police said three additional charges of video voyeurism were filed against Polizzi.
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