Cambridgeside Galleria Men’s Room Recordings: Man Indicted

CAMBRIDGE, MA – A man was indicted Thursday with secretly photographing at least 50 men while they were using the bathroom at the Cambridgeside Galleria, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

Paul Leondike, 47, of Somerville, was arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court, charged with 52 counts of photographing an unsuspecting nude person and attempting to commit a crime.

Clerk Magistrate Matthew Day released the Leondike on his own recognizance and ordered him to have no contact with victims or witnesses, to stay away from the Galleria and to undergo random screens of the photos and videos taken on his phone.

On October 19, 2017, Cambridgeside Galleria mall security informed Cambridge police that two men believed they had been photographed in the bathroom stalls of the men’s room.

A review of mall security footage showed that Leondike had spent several hours in the men’s room. Authorities said he admitted using his phone to take pictures under and over stall dividers.

A search of Leondike's cell phone and laptop computer showed that he had used his phone on two separate occasions at the Cambridgeside Galleria men’s room, taking photographs and videos of more than 50 men.

Leondike is scheduled to return to court November 16.

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