David Unze

dunze@stcloudtimes.com

A St. Cloud man could be charged with as many as 25 separate incidents of invasion of privacy after police said he video recorded unsuspecting residents, sometimes while he masturbated.

Kevin James Petroske, 33, was arrested Tuesday after a monthlong investigation into numerous window peeking and exposing incidents, according to St. Cloud police. An officer from the Campus Area Police Services unit initiated the investigation after police learned of a prowler complaint late Aug. 3 in the 500 block of Sixth Avenue South.

Petroske was arrested after he was found using his phone to video record a woman inside of a residence without her knowledge, police said. Officers used search warrants to access Petroske's cell phone and to search his residence in the 700 block of Eighth Avenue South, according to police.

Investigators were able to confirm 25 separate incidents of stalking and interfering with privacy, some of which included Petroske masturbating while video recording his victims, according to police.

Petroske could be charged with as many as 25 counts each of felony stalking, gross misdemeanor stalking and gross misdemeanor interfering with privacy. Police don't believe that Petroske knew his victims or had contact with them before or after they were videotaped.