Crime & Safety

Man Arrested After Austin Police Say He Snapped Picture Of Girl Using Bathroom

Leonard Brooke Williams, Jr., was arrested Saturday after police say he reached under a stall to snap picture of girl using bathroom at HEB.

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Police have arrested a man after accusing him of taking pictures of a minor inside a women's bathroom

Leonard Brooke Williams, Jr., 30, was arrested on Saturday after allegedly taking a surreptitious photo at the HEB store at along Ed Bluestein Boulevard. The father of a girl told police she ran crying to him complaining someone had reached under the bathroom stall with a cell phone and taken a picture while she was using the bathroom, according to Fox 7.

Court documents indicate the father confronted the suspect while accompanied by a manager. The man was asked to leave the store, but police were able to pick him up a short time later, seizing the phone as evidence.

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According to Travis County Jail records, Williams was charged with one count of invasive visual recording and is in detention under a $10,000 bail.

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