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Samuel Rodriguez has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to using his cell phone to secretly record women inside a public restroom at LaGuardia Airport where he worked in December 2018.
By Forum Staff
A College Point man has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to using his cell phone to secretly record “pretty girls” inside a public restroom at LaGuardia Airport where he worked in December 2018, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday.
Samuel Rodriguez, 39, pleaded guilty in September to unlawful surveillance in the second degree. He was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in jail to be followed by 10 years’ post-release supervision. Rodriguez will also be required to register as a sex offender.
According to the charges, shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2018, a woman entered a one-stall unisex restroom at LaGuardia Airport right after Rodriguez had stepped out. Moments later, the woman heard a beeping sound. She walked toward the sound and spotted a cell phone actively recording inside the paper towel dispenser.
The DA said the victim examined the phone and played back a previous clip that captured video footage of the defendant setting up the phone inside the paper towel dispenser and angling the device to capture anyone using the toilet opposite the dispenser.
When Rodriguez was approached by law enforcement, he responded by stating, “I know what this is about and I’m sorry,” and further detailed that he went to the bathroom and put his phone in there because, “I was trying to video pretty girls. I was going to masturbate to it at home.”
