Mother and father restrained California man accused of filming daughter in toilet: Prosecutors

Prosecutors in California stated Friday {that a} man was arrested on fees of filming a 12-year-old woman whereas she was utilizing a public restroom. Her dad and mom confronted and restrained him till police arrived, they stated.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office stated Jacob Anthony Arriola, 33, of Fullerton, was charged with a felony rely of possession of kid pornography and a number of misdemeanor intercourse crimes, together with these associated to secretly recording an individual and distributing or producing baby pornography.

Mr. Arriola is accused of filming the woman Wednesday after following her right into a girls’s restroom at a park, prosecutors stated.

The pre-teen left after noticing Mr. Arriola inside the ladies’s restroom and instructed her dad and mom. That’s when her dad and mom “held him down until police arrived” and officers arrested him, prosecutors stated.

“Pedophiles will stop at nothing to satiate their own indulgences — even brazenly recording a young girl at [a] public restroom during the day, only a short distance away from parents,” District Attorney Todd Spitzer stated in a launch. “Thankfully, the girl immediately reported what had happened and adults intervened. Protecting our children is paramount to me and to our community and we will do everything we can to hold those accountable who seek to exploit and manipulate kids.”

Authorities discovered a hidden wi-fi digital camera within the restroom following Mr. Arriola’s arrest, and the suspect is accused of getting baby pornography on his private units.