Angelica Cabral

The Republic | azcentral.com

The reported victims of a 21-year-old Arizona State University student accused of taking surreptitious videos of women in bathroom stalls on Monday night detained him and took away his phone so that he couldn't delete evidence as they waited for police, court records show.

Xiaoyuan Zhang, a Chinese national, is facing six counts of unlawful viewing/taping/recording persons. He was being held on a $5,000 bond Tuesday, and an ASU police official said Zhang is also subject to an immigration hold.

ASU police received a call around 9:30 p.m. Monday about a man taking videos and/or photos of women in restrooms on the Tempe campus, according to officials. Police later identified that man as Zhang, a communications undergraduate student at the ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Arriving officers began speaking with Zhang but soon stopped the interview due to a language barrier and transported Zhang to the ASU police station, according to a probable cause statement.

While at the station, an officer who speaks Mandarin interviewed Zhang.

According to police records, Zhang said that he went into the education lecture hall in the 100 block of East Gammage Parkway to use the restroom and decided to use the women's restroom when he couldn't find the men's restroom.

While Zhang was in a stall, he admitted to taking pictures and videos of the women because he has a "dirty mind," according to the probable cause statement.

He gave consent for police to look through his phone and officers found photos of six women in bathroom stalls, according to police.

ASU police said Zhang has a history of taking photos and videos under women's skirts.

His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 4 at 8:30 a.m. in Maricopa County Superior Court.