Store employee charged with video voyeurism

DESTIN, Fla. — A store employee in Destin has been charged with video voyeurism after a woman said she found his cell phone recording her using the business’s bathroom, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) said it arrested Ernest Moschino, 47, of Crestview at the Sunglass World shop on Harbor Boulevard on Monday.

According to the OCSO, Moschino told the victim she could use the restroom if she needed to although it is not open to the public.

The victim says she spotted the phone and found it was recording her live in the bathroom as she used the toilet.

She confirmed it was recording, sent the video to her own phone, and then deleted it from the defendant’s phone, The OCSO said.

She reportedly left without confronting Moschino and immediately contacted the OCSO.

Deputies say the video clearly shows Moschino starting the recording and putting the phone in a back corner of the bathroom, placing a black item–which turned out to be a plastic bag–around it to try to conceal it.

When confronted, deputies said Moschino replied, “I’m sorry,” and asked to speak to the victim.

According to the OCSO, video voyeurism is a third-degree felony.