Monday, November 19, 2018

Renters: Beware of Creepy Landlords and their Alarm Clocks - Part II

WA - A former South Seattle College employee is in jail after allegedly putting a spy camera in an exchange student’s bedroom.

The 52-year-old man is being held in King County Jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond on suspicion of voyeurism. Q13 News is not naming the suspect because he has not yet been charged.

According to Seattle police: On Nov. 11, a foreign exchange student from South Seattle College contacted police. She said she is one of five women renting a house in the 5000 block of 16th Ave SW. The home is owned by a 52-year-old college employee who lives there. All of the renters are young women who attend the college.

The victim told police she moved into the home in September. When she moved in the suspect offered her an alarm clock. The victim accepted it. more