Tukwila Police arrest Renton man who reportedly took photos inside LA Fitness women's locker room

By STEVE HUNTER
Tukwila Reporter Reporter
January 31, 2012 · 5:14 PM

Tukwila Police arrested a 48-year-old Renton man for investigation of voyeurism after he allegedly took photographs inside of the women's locker room at the Tukwila LA Fitness, 350 Baker Blvd.

A woman customer of LA Fitness called 911 at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 to report a man had been inside the locker room taking photographs, according to the police report.

The man left after the woman confronted him. About an hour later, LA Fitness employees were able to identify the suspect and determined he had checked in at the LA Fitness in Fairwood.

Tukwila Police, with assistance from the King County Sheriff's Office, arrested the man without incident in Fairwood.

Tukwila Police are trying to locate any additional victims and or witnesses, including incidents that might have occurred at another time and gone unreported.

The man in this case is black, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds.

Anyone with information about this or other similar cases is asked to call the Tukwila Police at 206-433-1808.

 


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Contact Tukwila Reporter Reporter Steve Hunter at shunter@tukwilareporter.com or 253-872-6600, ext. 5052.

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