A Missouri man hid a online video digicam in his rest room all through a pool celebration at his household, recording quite a few visitors — who confronted him about the depraved act a working day later, authorities stated.
Kyle Jon Vandermolen, 40, of St. Charles, was arrested Wednesday on a felony demand of invasion of privacy just after a female applying a toilet at his household throughout an Aug. 29 pool social gathering identified a “covert movie surveillance camera” pointed at the bathroom, according to costs submitted by St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar.
Cops said in a possible bring about statement that about 20 individuals had been at the gathering. The girl who allegedly uncovered the device removed its memory and explained to her partner, as effectively as Vandermolen’s wife, in advance of using it property with her, authorities stated.
The memory card experienced 11 films on it that had been taped previously that day, including two clips of the hubby of the woman who learned the concealed camera utilizing the toilet that showed his penis in the reflection of a mirror, costs exhibit.
“The other video clips present 4 distinctive females enter the toilet, eliminate their swim trunk bottoms and sit on the bathroom,” the probable cause assertion carries on. “One of the films is of a 4-calendar year-previous boy urinating in the bathroom.”
Just one day soon after the party, the female who found the camera and other neighbors confronted Vandermolen at his household on Ashley Put, exactly where he confessed to inserting the “covert camera” in the bathroom, authorities reported.

“Kyle Vandermolen blamed it on his ‘drinking,’” the probable induce statement ongoing. “Kyle Vandermolen suggested that he experienced Googled counselors.”
Vandermolen apologized to the lady and the other neighbors who confronted him and recorded the conversation, a recording which was later on turned around to investigators, law enforcement claimed.
Vandermolen, who stays no cost immediately after submitting $10,000 bond, declined to communicate with detectives adhering to his arrest, cops claimed. His lawyer told The Publish Tuesday he intends to plead not guilty.
“My shopper asserts his innocence,” attorney John Schleiffarth reported whilst declining to communicate directly about the alleged online video clips. “There’s a good deal of time for extra proof to arrive to light-weight. I would really encourage the general public not to leap to any conclusions.”
Vandermolen faces up to 4 years in jail and a $10,000 fantastic if convicted, a spokeswoman for Lohmar’s workplace explained.