Crime & Safety

Police Say Man Secretly Recorded Stepdaughters

Jose Antonio Presa Garcia, 33, of Smyrna, was arrested Sunday and charged with felony eavesdropping.

A Smyrna man has been charged with felony eavesdropping after it was discovered he secretly videotaped his stepdaughters in the bathroom, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

Sunday police arrested Jose Antonia Presa Garcia, 33, after his wife found his cell phone concealed behind a toilet in their apartment. She checked the phone and found video of one of her daughters.

After his arrest, police say Garcia told detectives he’d recorded both his wife’s adult daughter and her juvenile daughter, said the AJC. He also said that Sunday wasn’t the first time he’d set up the camera. 

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