Authorities at Pennsylvania State University arrested a man accused of filming women showering in a dormitory at the university earlier this month.
Xinyu Li, 24, was charged with two counts of criminal trespass and two counts of invasion of privacy by viewing or photographing a person without permission after she allegedly snuck into a Penn State dormitory and filmed two women using the dorm’s bathroom, according to Center County records.
Around 8:26 p.m. on Oct. 7, the first female victim was showering on the third floor of Hamilton Hall when she noticed someone standing next to the stall she was occupying, according to a criminal affidavit from Penn State University police.
The victim then saw a “cell phone on top of the shower stall,” the affidavit said.
“The phone disappeared and reappeared. The person started to run away. The victim stated that the suspect ran out of the bathroom and down the hallway,” the complaint reads.
Surveillance cameras apparently captured the suspect entering Hamilton Hall piggybacking, or trailing behind, a student with legal entry into the building, according to police.
Xinyu Li, who was accused of filming the woman showering at the dormitory, was charged with two counts of criminal trespass and two counts of invasion of privacy by viewing or recording a person’s photograph without permission. Central County Jail, WTAJ-TV
He was wearing an argyle sweater, black shorts, white shoes and wire-rimmed sunglasses at the time.
A week later, on October 14 at about 9:30 p.m., the second female victim was taking a shower on the third floor of Hamilton Hall when she noticed a phone poking out from under the stall where she was.
He told police he believed the phone was “under the stall wall for a few seconds” before the suspect fled, according to a second police affidavit.
A female victim was showering in a Penn State dormitory when she saw someone standing next to the stall she was in, according to a criminal affidavit from Penn State University police. Google Maps
Surveillance cameras again appear to capture the suspect — this time wearing a black Adidas jacket, khaki shorts, black slides and wire-rimmed sunglasses.
“It means, the ladder ends at [third] floor hallway, directly adjacent to [third floor] bathroom,” the second complaint states.
The suspect was seen descending the stairs to the first floor after he fled the second incident, where he pulled the hood of his jacket while exiting near the building’s cameras.
Li was then allegedly arrested leaving the lobby of the building, pulling on his jacket and tucking it under his argyle sweater. Cameras also allegedly showed him leaving through the docks loading the building into a pink pickup truck.
After receiving complaints from two victims, police canvassed the area and found a truck matching the description of the suspect’s truck in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Toftrees Avenue.
Investigators ran a tag on the truck, which appeared to be a vehicle registered to a business called Comet Tech, Inc.
Another victim was taking a shower in the dormitory hall when he saw a phone sticking out from the bottom of the stall where he was. Google Maps
“A Google search…shows ‘Founder and President’ as Xinyu Li. The company is a delivery/transfer/storage service for college students,” the affidavit said.
Authorities identified Li as their suspect and arrested him on Oct. 20.
“Li admitted to videotaping the two victims separately, stating that in one incident he recorded the video on top of the shower stall, and in the other he placed the phone under the shower stall. … Li initially felt guilty for doing so and deleted the video,” police wrote.
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Penn State investigators then searched the suspect’s phone and found five videos of the nude victim showering in Hamilton Hall.
The detective found the video in an app “disguised as a calculator” in an effort to “obstruct video detection.”
Penn State did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, but a school spokesperson told StateCollege.com that “[t]he is security [its] The campus community has always been a Penn State priority.”
“[W]I am grateful that University Police and Public Safety were able to identify the person believed to be responsible for this disturbing incident,” spokeswoman Jacqueline Sheader told the outlet. “UPPS, along with many other departments and partners, works hard to develop and foster an environment that is safest and provides security services for students, faculty, staff and visitors. UPPS reminds the community that following critical security protocols — such as not allowing unknown individuals into residence halls — is essential to helping keep our campus safe.”
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