Gainesville man previously arrested for voyeurism in High Springs fitting room also charged with similar incident at Ross in Gainesville

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla, – John David Mills, 42, who was arrested for video voyeurism in High Springs on Wednesday, has now been charged with a similar incident in October at Ross Dress for Less on NW 13th Street in Gainesville.

The victim told a Gainesville Police Department officer that at about 3:20 p.m. on October 14, she was in one of two changing rooms at Ross Dress for Less (2643 NW 13th Street) and scanned the room for spiders because she is afraid of them. She said she noticed a cell phone camera pointing at her from a hole that had been made in the cardboard separator running along the top of the metal dividing wall between the two fitting rooms.

She said she ran out of the fitting room and told her mother what happened; her mother immediately notified store employees.

Mills reportedly walked toward the front of the store, and the victim’s mother reportedly took several pictures of him; she said he got into a silver Infiniti and drove away, and she also took pictures of the car.

Detectives identified the suspect as Mills, and the victim and her mother positively identified him in a photo line-up; detectives also confirmed that a silver Infiniti is registered in his name.

On top of his previous charge of video voyeurism of a victim over 19 years old, Mills has now been charged with a second or subsequent offense of video voyeurism. He was convicted of recording video of an undressed minor in Virginia in 2018 and has been designated a Sexual Offender in Florida. Judge Kristine Van Vorst added $150,000 bail to his previous bail of $150,000.

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