MedicCook
09-23-2006, 10:42 AM
Police arrest elderly landlord after camera found
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Police in Chattanooga have charged a 69-year-old landlord with spying on a 20-year-old female renter.
Officers arrested Leasie Eugene Roberts after finding a video camera in a light fixture in one of his rental properties.
The renter told police she became suspicious Monday when she found what appeared to be a camera tucked between two stuffed animals on her night stand. She says Roberts told her it was part of a smoke detector.
When Roberts came to the property on Tuesday, he said he was replacing overhead lights in the bedroom, but the woman renting the unit was suspicious. An investigator for her attorney found a camera with a transmitter hidden in the light fixture and video recorder in the attic.
Police say they found video recordings of four young women at Roberts' house, along with several wireless cameras and guns. He's charged with unlawful photographing and firearms violations.
Roberts declined comment.
Police say Roberts owns a couple of dozen rental properties.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Police in Chattanooga have charged a 69-year-old landlord with spying on a 20-year-old female renter.
Officers arrested Leasie Eugene Roberts after finding a video camera in a light fixture in one of his rental properties.
The renter told police she became suspicious Monday when she found what appeared to be a camera tucked between two stuffed animals on her night stand. She says Roberts told her it was part of a smoke detector.
When Roberts came to the property on Tuesday, he said he was replacing overhead lights in the bedroom, but the woman renting the unit was suspicious. An investigator for her attorney found a camera with a transmitter hidden in the light fixture and video recorder in the attic.
Police say they found video recordings of four young women at Roberts' house, along with several wireless cameras and guns. He's charged with unlawful photographing and firearms violations.
Roberts declined comment.
Police say Roberts owns a couple of dozen rental properties.
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