Man Who Filmed Women In Chester Co. Bathrooms Pleads Guilty

WEST CHESTER, PA — A Chester County man and West Chester University student who filmed women inside numerous local bathrooms has pleaded guilty to numerous counts, according to court documents.

Joshua Yannuzzi, 25, who studied musical theater at West Chester, pleaded guilty to filming at least 20 women. The charges he was convicted on include invasion of privacy, possession of obscene and other materials, and wire tap violations, the Pottstown Mercury first reported.

At least 50 different recordings were made at eight different locations across three different states over a period of two years leading up to Oct. 2018, a criminal complaint states.

Yannuzzi was very active in the theater community, and used his knowledge of women in the community to target them, according to the DA.

In addition to the E.O. Bull Center on West Chester University's campus, cameras were also hidden in public bathrooms and changing rooms at the Footlighters Theater in Berwyn, the Genesius Theatre in Reading, the Street Lamp Productions Theater in Rising Sun, Maryland, and at personal residences in Philadelphia, West Chester, Reading, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

At least one of these illegal recordings was then shared online on pornographic website, where it was viewed more than a thousand times, the DA said.

In an interview with police, Yannuzzi confessed that he was sexually aroused by the recordings and would masturbate to them later, the criminal complaint states.

Yannuzzi was arrested on Oct. 10 following an incident at the school.

>>Cell Phone Taped To Sink At West Chester University Bathroom

A woman was using a single person bathroom inside the O.E. Bull Center on campus when she noticed an iPhone taped to the wall, pointing at the toilet and recording, the DA's Office said.
Yannuzzi was found outside of the bathrooom and was arrested. Security footage showed him place the phone in the bathroom, then checking the bathroom after a victim left.

Sentencing will take place within the next three months, the court said.