A Lengthy Island exterminator was arrested Thursday for allegedly filming a 19-year-old undressing on a hidden digicam he arrange after getting chemical substances on her clothes.
Walter Rivas, of Joroba Pest Management, was employed by the teenager to exterminate her residence in Mineola that afternoon, Nassau police mentioned.
Rivas was spraying the house with an answer to eliminate pests when among the chemical substances received onto the younger lady, in line with cops.
He instructed her to instantly change her clothes, stating that the chemical substances are toxic and dangerous.
As she was turning into clear garments in her bed room, {the teenager} observed a bucket with a gap on her mattress.
Upon a better look, she discovered a cellular phone contained in the bucket that was on and actively recording by means of the opening, police mentioned.
The sufferer instantly referred to as police who got here to her house and investigated the allegations.
Officers then arrested Rivas with out incident shortly earlier than 3 p.m.
The West Hempstead exterminator was charged with illegal surveillance within the second diploma.
He’s scheduled to be arraigned on the fees on Friday.
Nassau detectives working the case are asking others who imagine they might have been equally filmed or victimized by Rivas to contact the Third Squad at (516) 573-6353.
