Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Pointing Camera Up Girl's Dress: Police

The girl was with her father in an Apple Store when he noticed what the suspect was doing and put a stop to it, police say.

Mugshot of Jacques Bloxham
Mugshot of Jacques Bloxham (Walnut Creek Police)

WALNUT CREEK, CA — A man was arrested after allegedly using a camera on his shoe to try to look up the dress of a girl at a store in Walnut Creek on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Jacques Bloxham was in the Apple store at 1200 S. Main St. around 3 p.m. Sunday and had placed a camera on the top of one his shoes, then moved his shoe so it was under a girl's dress, according to police.

The girl's father witnessed it and told Bloxham to stop, prompting him to run away from the store. However, officers caught him shortly afterward and a search of his vehicle revealed cameras and recording devices, including the one that was on his shoe, police said.

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Bloxham was arrested on suspicion of using a camera device to secretly record the undergarments of someone, and annoying or molesting a child under 18 years old, police said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Detective Gerstner at (925) 935-7606 and refer to report number 19-12719.

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— Bay City News

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