DEBARY, Fla. (WFLA) — A DeBary man was arrested Thursday after a deputy caught him attempting to see via a neighbor’s window, in accordance with authorities.
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office mentioned deputies had stepped up patrols in a neighborhood neighborhood after getting studies from a resident a few man peering via her home windows the week earlier than.
Surveillance digicam video confirmed a person wanting via her window at three completely different occasions.
At round 9 p.m. Thursday evening, a sergeant lastly noticed Steven P. Johnson, 29, strolling out from between two properties.
The deputy requested Johnson the place he was coming from, however the man didn’t reply. Instead, he ran from the deputy.
The deputy initially overpassed Johnson, however after a quick search with a number of deputies and a drone, Johnson was finally discovered hiding in a swamp subsequent to the Rivington subdivision.
“That’s weird, man,” a deputy mentioned whereas lecturing Johnson on wanting via individuals’s home windows.
According to the sheriff’s workplace, Johnson lived in a home 5 minutes away from the sufferer. He admitted to wanting into their home windows and mentioned he had “uncontrollable urges to do so,” authorities mentioned.
Johnson was charged with loitering or prowling and resisting an officer with out violence.
