LIVERMORE — A man evidently recorded himself preparing to record a video of two teenage girls undressing themselves. The suspect is a neighbor who invited the girls to use his swimming pool.
It seems he attempted to conceal a phone inside a bathroom, where he told his guests they could change into their bathing suits. The phone was partially hidden on a countertop, behind a towel and toilet tissue.
As the girls began undressing, one girl spotted the partially concealed phone. She warned her friend to put her pants back on.
The girl sent a copy of a video from the man’s phone to her parents. Next, she deleted the video from his phone, before both girls left the man’s home.
Police were notified. A detective reviewed the video sent to one girl’s parents. It shows 52-year-old Simon Meyer walking through his home June 19 carrying his phone.
Meyer places the phone on the counter in the bathroom and walks away for a moment. He returns with a towel and places it around the phone, nearly hiding it.
As Meyer walks out of the bathroom, the two girls entered the bathroom. Both girls were beginning to undress when one of them noticed the phone.
Based on the recorded evidence and statements from the girls, Meyer was arrested the following day on June 20.
He was booked for using a concealed camera to record under another person’s clothing to view the body or undergarments. He was also booked for annoying/molesting a child.
On June 22, Meyer was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office with committing the following misdemeanors –
Invading privacy by device
Child molesting
Special allegation of committing misdemeanors with minor victims
