Man Arrested For Allegedly Filming Women In Gym Changing Room

HOOVER, AL — A VEstavia Hills man has turned himself in to Hoover police after a warrant for his arrest was issued for allegedly filming women in a gym changing room in Hoover. Brandon Michael Aldridge, 32, is charged with 13 counts of aggravated criminal surveillance .

On May 15, Hoover Police began investigating a report of someone recording women in a changing room at 24e Fitness, located at 1550 Montgomery Highway. The victim in this case stated she was changing clothes when she observed the reflection of an unknown object in the mirror at the top of the changing stall.

Three days after this incident, the same victim was about to change clothes in a stall when she observed a phone being held over the partition. With the assistance of gym management, the suspect and some additional victims were identified. After analyzing evidence in the case, detectives determined there were eight women who had been recorded by the same suspect, beginning in early April 2019.

Some of the victims were reportedly recorded multiple times. Seven of the women elected to press charges and met with magistrates at the Hoover Municipal Court.

The Code of Alabama section 13A-11-32.1 states a person commits the crime of aggravated criminal surveillance if he or she intentionally engages in surveillance of an individual in any place where the individual being observed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the prior express or implied consent of the individual being observed, for the purpose of sexual gratification. Aggravated criminal surveillance is a Class A misdemeanor, except if a person has a prior conviction or adjudication under this section the offense is a Class C felony.

Aldridge was released after posting $13,000 bond. If anyone has information concerning this case, they are asked to contact Detective Drew Mims at 205-739-7274