Valrico Man Arrested for Photographing Men in Minneapolis Airport Restroom

A Valrico man has been charged with secretly videotaping men in an airport restroom by using a camera rigged into a book, according to a report in the Minneapolis StarTribune.

Joshua Fletcher, 34, of Valrico, appeared in court Jan. 18 on two misdemeanor counts of interference of privacy.

Fletcher was charged Jan. 18 after someone complained to police that he was holding what appeared to be a book with a hole in it with a camera or cell phone behind the book in a restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

According to the StarTribune, airport police approached Fletcher outside the restroom and recovered his cellphone, which contained multiple videos of men urinating in public restrooms. A search of a trash bin nearby revealed an address book with a hole in it and a digital camera.

The incident occurred in the same restroom where former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in June 2007 for allegedly soliciting sex from an undercover police officer.

According to the StarTribune, Fletcher's attorney, Marsh Halberg, called the arrest "an unfortunate situation."

"We will await what is discovered on the camera," Halberg said. "Obviously there's the question of privacy and limitations regarding private versus public sexual activity."