Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Filmed Teen in Dressing Room at Massachusetts Store

Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Filmed Teen in Dressing Room at Massachusetts Store

The Swansea Police Department announced on Thursday that they arrested a man who allegedly filmed a teenager who was dressing in a fitting room at a local business.

According to police, John Michael Williams, age 25, of Swansea was arrested on Wednesday and charged with "Photographing Sexual or Intimate Parts of a Child; Possession of Child Pornography; and Disorderly Conduct."

 

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About Case 

Swansea police said that n Monday, April 28, at approximately 8 PM, officers responded to Target at 579 Grand Army of the Republic Highway after receiving a report that a 17-year-old female was filmed in the dressing room.

Police say that through the subsequent investigation, it was determined that a man, later identified as Williams, had filmed the female, who was nude while changing in the fitting room, with his cellphone.

As a result of an investigation, which included reviewing surveillance video and making images of the suspect public via social media, Swansea Police Detectives Jonathan Furtado and Charles Rowland and Officer Scott Stavens identified Williams as the suspect with the assistance of tips from the public. 

He was arrested on Wednesday evening at a Swansea residence and taken to the Swansea Police Department to be booked.

Police say Williams cellphone was seized as evidence; he is expected to be arraigned Thursday in Fall River District Court.