DORAVILLE
Apartment complex searched after camera found in ceilingMaintenance worker charged with unlawful surveillance
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/24/08
Staff at Creekside Apartments in Doraville searched their 96-unit complex Friday after the Wednesday arrest of a maintenance worker charged with unlawful surveillance and criminal trespass.
Investigators arrested Julio Rodriguez, 56, after a tenant discovered a remote-control camera in a vent in her bedroom ceiling, DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said. Rodriguez was employed at Creekside, where he lives, and he could face more charges for a similar incident at another DeKalb apartment complex.
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"Detectives believe there's at least one more victim," Parish said.
Parish said no other victims had come forward at the complex. Apartment staff were inspecting each unit Friday for other cameras and, as of the early afternoon, had not found any more.
Rodriguez was hired by the complex in January. He was fired immediately after the crime came to light, property manager Jenny Krisan said. She added that Rodriguez was being evicted Friday.
"We were really surprised," she said. "He was the maintenance man. He was very helpful, and it was just a shock."
The nature of the crime struck Parish as out of the ordinary. Cobb County Police spokeswoman Cassie Reece had a similar reaction.
"A maintenance person putting in a video camera? I haven't heard of anything like that," she said. "Peeping Toms, yes, but not to the extent where they put in a camera."
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