The Upskirt Peeper Gets Peeped… and Arrested!

One of the fears with all of the new tiny mobile cameras is the issue of "upskirt photos". We wrote about this issue on our sister site InsideTransit earlier this summer based on the Japanese requirement that all iPhone 3G phones sold in Japan must make a beeping sound when a photo is taken.

Now we learn of a woman in NYC who believed she was the victim of an upskirt photo. She jumped onto the train with the alleged peeper, took a photo of him and told him to "smile" because she was taking the photo to the police. NYC radio station 1010Wins reports, "On Tuesday, an officer at the 110th Street Subway Station approached a man matching the photograph, police said. The man, identified as Aaron Olivieri, 36, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of unlawful surveillance and attempted sexual abuse and harassment, authorities said."

1010Wins reporter Alice Stockton-Rossini says that the woman normally holds her skirt down while running up the stairs but her hands were full. Alice also notes that cell phone cameras can help with crime prevention and investigations.