Sunnyvale Police Hunt Shower Voyeur

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said it is searching for a man accused of secretly recording a woman while she showered at a 24 Hour Fitness in the city. The incident happened early Saturday morning, May 16, at the gym at 762 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road, according to police. Officers searched the area after the woman reported the encounter but did not find anyone matching the description she provided. A detective has since been assigned to review security footage gathered from the gym. ### Where did police say the recording happened? The gym at 762 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road is the location identified by Sunnyvale public safety officers in the case. Police said the woman was showering there when the man allegedly recorded her without her knowledge. Early Saturday morning is the time frame police gave for the alleged recording. (ktvu.com) After the woman discovered what had happened, she confronted the suspect, and he fled, according to the department’s account reported by KTVU. ### What did officers do after the report? Sunnyvale officers responded to the gym after the woman reported the incident and searched the surrounding area for a person matching her description of the suspect. (ktvu.com) Police said that search did not turn up an arrest. On Monday, May 18, officers returned to the 24 Hour Fitness to gather additional information and obtain security camera footage, KTVU reported. (ktvu.com) The department said a detective is now reviewing that material as part of the investigation. ### What have police said about the scope of the case? Sunnyvale police said they believe the incident was isolated. (ktvu.com) The department has not, in the material publicly available Tuesday, identified the suspect by name or released an arrest notice. The city’s Department of Public Safety is the agency handling the case. (ktvu.com) Sunnyvale describes that department as an integrated police and fire agency, with officers cross-trained to provide police, fire and emergency medical services. ### What has 24 Hour Fitness said? 24 Hour Fitness said in a statement that it was aware of the incident at the Sunnyvale club. (ktvu.com) The company said the “safety, privacy and wellbeing” of its members are its highest priorities and that it takes matters like this “extremely seriously.” Because the case is active, the company said it could not provide further details. (sunnyvale.ca.gov) The company statement did not say whether any internal action had been taken at the club beyond cooperating with investigators. Publicly available reporting on Tuesday did not identify whether the suspect was a member, guest or someone else on the premises. ### What information is still missing from the public account? (ktvu.com) Police have not released a suspect name, age or photograph in the reporting published Tuesday afternoon. The public account also does not include a detailed suspect description beyond the statement that officers searched for someone matching what the woman told them. (ktvu.com) KTVU reported the story on May 19 at 3:23 p.m. Pacific time, citing Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety and 24 Hour Fitness. As of that report, the next step was the detective’s review of the gym’s security footage and the continuing effort by Sunnyvale officers to identify the man the woman described. (ktvu.com)