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An alleged victim approached officers responding to the scene of another call in Spring Hill. The victim told the police that a man peered over the dressing room door when she was trying on clothes at a JC Penny store.

Officers tracked down the accused suspect, 29-year old Kevin Winger. He claimed that a woman verbally attacked him after trying on jeans in another dressing room. After some discussions with officers Winger eventually admitted to peering into the dressing room in an attempt to see the woman unclothed. Officers arrested the suspect and charged him with voyeurism.

With the speed of technology and the power of the web, voyeurism crimes in our community are becoming more prevalent than ever before. Most recently ESPN correspondent Erin Andrews unwittingly grabbed headlines when an offender videotaped her blow drying her hair in the nude inside her hotel room. This high profile case grabbed worldwide attention to growing crime of voyeurism.

 

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The University of South Florida has reported a 32% decline in crimes since the year 2005 with arrests spiking up 23%. Reported felonies have dropped from 568 in 2005 to 388 in 2008. This includes seven categories of murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. There has only been one murder on campus since the year 2005. The number of arrests have also risen from 238 in 2005 to 293 last year.
However, the University Police Department has reported that overall crime is down on the Tampa campus. Most of the offenses that take place are committed by those individuals with no association to the university. These offenders are considered opportunistic to circumstances. A spokesperson for the department stated that the overwhelming visible police presence has contributed to the positive statistics.

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