A New Jersey man has been indicted on 15 counts of third-degree invasion of privacy after prosecutors said he allegedly secretly recorded multiple men without their consent inside the restrooms of a Planet Fitness and Wawa.
Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office shared that on Sept. 16, 2024, Hamilton Township Police responded to Planet Fitness for a report of a man -- Daniel Zhang, 23, of Egg Harbor City -- was using his phone to record another, without consent, in the men’s restroom.
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WATCH HEREProsecutors said Zhang spoke to officers and admitted to recording multiple men while they used the restroom at Planet Fitness and a local Wawa. An examination of his phone revealed 49 videos of unidentified victims.
The videos were recorded between May and Sept. 2024, in Atlantic County and beyond, according to prosecutors.
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SIGN UP In March 2025, Zhang was arrested on a warrant, and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office argued for his pretrial detention. Prosecutors said that the motion was denied by the court following a detention hearing.
The Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted Zhang on Thursday, April 17, 2025, and he is scheduled for a court appearance on April 25, 2025.
Anyone with information involving serious crimes such as this one is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or visit www.acpo.org/tips.
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