Landlord Took Peeping Tom Status to the Next Level, Cops Say

A 35-year-old Lakeland man stands accused of rigging cameras in a female tenant’s room so he could secretly record her in various states of undress.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the 23-year-old woman discovered an elaborate camera setup in the room she rented from the man on Thursday.

“The victim was turning on a television when she pushed a button on the remote control that changed the television input to ‘computer.’ At that time, the victim saw a live image of her own bedroom on the television,” the sheriff’s office said in a media release.

When deputies arrived at the Briarbay Loop home, they “dismantled an extensive hidden video recording system in the woman’s bedroom, which was connected to a DVR and personal computer,” the release said.

They also found two pinhole cameras in the woman’s room. One was hidden in a smoke detector and the other in a cable access plate.

Deputies found 15 separate video files of the woman on the landlord’s computer.

“The files contain videos of the victim dressing and undressing and privately exposing her body.”

Armando Perez, 35, was arrested on a Polk County warrant by police in Apopka. He faces 15 felony counts of video voyeurism.

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Photo Credit: Armando Perez/Orange County Jail