UC Berkeley student charged with peeping with cellphone

Police say a Cal student has been arrested and charged with using his cellphone to secretly record a fellow student in a dorm bathroom.|
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BERKELEY — Police say a student at the University of California at Berkeley has been arrested and charged with using his cellphone to secretly record a fellow student in a dormitory bathroom.

UC Berkeley Police said Monday 20-year-old Alfredo Mendez has been charged by Alameda County prosecutors with invading a person's privacy, a misdemeanor.

Police say the 20-year-old student was arrested Thursday following a complaint by a UC Berkeley female student who saw him using his cellphone to record inside a co-ed restroom she was using.

The 19-year-old student told police she noticed a cellphone "extended underneath the stall partition with the camera facing up."

Police say she exited the stall and waited for the suspect to leave the adjacent stall. When the male suspect exited, the victim recognized the suspect as a resident on their floor.

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