A man who installed a video camera in the toe of his shoe so he could see up women's skirts has been arrested in a Florida supermarket.

The 42-year-old man was detained by security staff after women complained that he had been walking close behind them.

Officers in Tampa, Florida, found a video recorder in his bag along with tapes which showed several unidentified women who had fallen victim to him.

Police charged him under local voyeurism laws according to the Tampa Tribune newspaper.

Detective Kevin Schultz said: "He would put his foot at an angle that he could see. This guy was hi-tech."

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

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Suspicions where further aroused when the man attempted to apply make - up to the "stars" of his show.

As is happens I was looking through the headlines of a news channel earliers today and could not believe the freaky goings on in the good old US of A. Take a peak, it's frightening; APB News

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

You know the helicopter pilot that does the weather on Metro FM. He was charged with a similar thing, althouugh he went round a supermarket with a mirror attached to a stick or something. It was in the papers about a year ago.

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

Remember that Rik, was a stategically placed video camera in a sports bag, I think.....the dorrty bastard!

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

Did it give any guide as to the best angle to set the mirror against the stick?

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

When I was in the States a couple of weeks ago, there was a programme on TV about this sort of behaviour. Apparently it is called Upskirting. As for that news link Tony, truly frightening. Meks Toon look like a kindergarten.

-- Anonymous, January 04, 2001

Unlucky or just dozy:
ADDICT CAUGHT USING FAKE PENIS FOR URINE TEST
Attempted to Hide Heroin Habit, Cops Say

July 29, 1999

By Richard Zitrin

SAN ANTONIO (APBnews.com) -- A heroin addict on probation for burglary tried to pull a fast one on officers by using a fake penis to provide urine for a drug test, authorities said today.

Micah Sheehan, 37, was caught using the sexual device during one of his mandatory twice-weekly urine tests two weeks ago, said Bexar County Probation Director Caesar Garcia.

"I've been around for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like this," Garcia told APBnews.com.

'Many telltale signs'

A probation department technician who was watching Sheehan provide the urine sample realized something was wrong because the bleached-pink fake penis was a different color than Sheehan's skin, Garcia said.

Also, the urine was discharging from all different angles like water shooting from a sprinkler, he said.

"There were too many telltale signs," Garcia said. "He had this 8- inch penis in his hand squeezing urine out of it. He fumbled with it, and it fell out of his shorts, and he caught it before it hit the ground."

The urine, which was not Sheehan's, was cold because it had been in a refrigerator, Garcia said.

Faces return to prison

Sheehan, who was ordered to provide urine pending admission to a rehabilitation program as part of his probation, is being held in the county jail without bail for failing to give a urinalysis, a violation of probation.

Sheehan, who likely now will be sent to prison to serve his 10- year burglary sentence, was four months away from finishing his probation, Garcia said.

Richard Zitrin is an APBnews.com national correspondent.


-- Anonymous, January 08, 2001