21st Century Peeping Tom Tackled in Thruway Restroom: Cops

State police were called about a disturbance at a rest stop on the New York Thruway. It certainly turned out to be disturbing.

Police allege that a 38-year-old man started making a recording of a boy in the men's room at the New Baltimore Service Area on Saturday by holding a GoPro up over the wall of an adjacent stall.

According to the police report, the man was confronted by the boy's father and became combative. But the dad and another civilian restrained him until the troopers arrived.

Police say John D. Scofield II of Fayetteville, NY, was found in possession of a Go-Pro Hero 4 recording device within a paper cup. Scofield was subsequently charged Nov. 13 with:

• Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree; a Class E Felony
• Endangering the Welfare of a Child; a Class A Misdemeanor

Scofield was arraigned before the Town of New Baltimore Court and sent to the Greene County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $150,000 bond.