A man was arrested on video voyeurism charges after his North Miami Beach tenant discovered that the smoke detector in her room was a hidden camera, police said. Elias Samuel Payan, 42, was arrested Tuesday on three counts of video voyeurism, an arrest report said.
A man was arrested on video voyeurism charges after his North Miami Beach tenant discovered that the smoke detector in her room was a hidden camera, police said.
Elias Samuel Payan, 42, was arrested Tuesday on three counts of video voyeurism, an arrest report said.
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>According to the report, the woman has been renting a room from Payan in North Miami Beach since 2022 and lives there with two minors.
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>But the victim decided to check for hidden cameras in her room after noticing images of his room through a camera in Payan’s phone.
The victim became concerned and while checking her room, she became suspicious of the smoke detectors Payan had changed in around sometime on October 2022, the report said.
She was able to take down the smoke detector and discovered it was a spy camera, the report said.
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The report went on to explain the hidden camera had a wide angle shot of the entire bedroom.
Payan was taken into custody and transported to the North Miami Beach Police Department, where he admitted to installing the camera, the report said.
He was later transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Payan appeared before Judge Mindy Glazer on Wednesday and was given a $2,500 bond for each charge.
“At this time the investigation has led us to believe that this is an isolated incident. We do not have any reason to believe there are other victims. There are no other pending cases involving the defendant," police said in a statement Wednesday.