Man Charged With Secretly Recording Men In MCC Restroom, Police Say

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A 20-year-old McHenry man, Jerardo Hernandez-Alonso, has been charged with three counts of unauthorized videotaping after investigators say he secretly recorded men using the bathroom at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.

Alonso is accused of using a cellphone to record three men in bathroom stalls on Oct. 11, 2024, by placing the phone — while it was recording — over the divider between stalls, according to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner. Police later identified and interviewed him at his home, where he confessed to the recordings, authorities said.

He was taken into custody after charges were filed in McHenry County Circuit Court.

Alonso is the second person in recent months to be charged with secretly recording people at McHenry County College. Alejandro A. Zavala-Ramirez, 25, of Woodstock, faces unauthorized videotaping charges for allegations he used his phone to record three women in bathroom stalls on Feb. 12, according to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner.

At Elmhurst University, a different 20-year-old man is also facing charges in connection with allegations he recorded students in a dorm shower.

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