NEW ORLEANS -- A Mandeville man was arrested on suspicion of video voyeurism Thursday after police caught him allegedly videotaping women in a shopping center parking lot.
Investigators began watching Philip Christopher Ales, 37, on May 20 in response to a complaint that he was videotaping women in the 3400 block of U.S. Highway 190.Ales' video camera and the tape were seized as evidence.
Police said the tape shows women walking into and out of stores, and leaning in and out of their cars."You can tell on the tape that he would focus in on the buttocks of the woman as she was walking by," said Mandeville Police Sgt. Ron Ruples.Ales is a respiratory therapist with a wife and two children, neighbors said.He is jailed In St. Tammany Parish in lieu of $35,000 bond. If convicted, he faces a maximum two years in jail and a $2,000 fine.Video:Camera Focuses On Specific Body Part, Police Say
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