Man arrested for taking video of neighbor changing clothes

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gustavo Alejandro Zamara-Vazquez, 24, was arrested yesterday and charged with digital voyeurism after allegedly taking video of a neighbor through her window while she was changing clothes.

At about 10:06 p.m. on September 22, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a call about a prowler at Cottage Grove Apartments and spoke to Zamara-Vazquez, who was reportedly standing behind the victim’s building but walked away toward the porch of his nearby apartment. The deputy noted that Zamara-Vazquez was sweating profusely, despite relatively cool evening temperatures. The deputy reportedly found two shoe prints outside the window that appeared to match Zamara-Vazquez’s Croc-style shoes.

The victim reportedly said that when she took off her clothes, she looked toward the window and saw an arm holding a phone. She described the sleeve of the shirt worn by the person holding the phone, and when the deputy told Zamara-Vazquez that they had shoe prints and a witness who saw a shirt like his, he reportedly said he was “going to be honest” and that he had tried to film her.

Zamara-Vazquez was handcuffed after that admission, and post Miranda, he reportedly said he had been walking by her window when he looked inside, saw that she was in an “intimate moment,” and thought it was “interesting.” He said the video was for his personal use but that he only captured her face on the video.

Zamara-Vazquez has no local criminal history and has been released from the jail.

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