A man was arrested after police say he was caught on camera secretly recording a video up a woman’s skirt at a South Jersey Walmart.
Geovanni Varona, 44, of Haileah, Florida is charged with invasion of privacy. Police say Varona was inside the Walmart on the 2100 block of Mount Holly Road in Burlington Township Sunday afternoon when he took out his cellphone, stuck it under a woman’s dress and began recording.
A Walmart employee called police who later confirmed Varona committed the act which investigators say was also captured on surveillance video. Varona was also captured on surveillance looking at the video on his cellphone, investigators said. The victim told police she was unaware she was being recorded.
“She was very grateful that we found it,” said Burlington Township Police Detective John Bird. “She was obviously very upset and kind of distraught that it occurred. Your first impression is that it’s going to be circulated on the Internet.”
Varona was arrested and is being held in Burlington County Jail on $35,000 bail. Varona allegedly told police he’s recorded under other women’s skirts before.
“We believe actually there might be more victims out there, we just haven’t been able to identify any in Burlington Township and other states possibly” Detective Bird said. “It doesn’t look like this is his first time. He’s a truck driver who drives up and down the east coast and has made other stops. He believes that this is something for fun to do.”
Police say they have no reason to believe at this point that Varona has shared his videos on social media. If you have any information, please call the Burlington Township Police Department at 609–386–2019 or the investigating officer's number at 609-239–5888.
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