A Milton man has been charged with voyeurism for allegedly using a mirror to spy on a bathing woman.

James Hawkins, 23, was arrested Sept. 7.

According to his arrest report, a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a reported sexual offense at a home on Aug. 15. The home’s address was redacted from the report.

But at the residence, a woman told the deputy that she’d been taking a bath around 8:30 p.m. that evening, and at the time, at least two other people had been at the residence.

She showed the deputy a hole in the bathroom wall, located in the upper right corner of the shower, that led to a laundry nook, the report stated.

While bathing, the woman explained, she looked up and saw a man’s hand holding a compact mirror protrude through the hole in the wall, the report stated. She yelled, “What the f---!”

The hand pulled backwards and disappeared back through the hole, the report stated. The woman said, she recognized the hand as one belonging to Hawkins, who was the only man in the house at the time she had bathed.

In the arrest report, the deputy noted, “The hole was large enough to fit a compact mirror and to be able to manipulate the mirror to view someone bathing.”

Another woman told the deputy that she had been sitting in the living room when she heard the bathing woman scream a profanity, the report stated. Immediately following the scream, the second woman saw Hawkins run out of the laundry room, she said.

Hawkins told the deputy that he “had no clue” why the bather would accuse of him of spying on her and that he had been on the couch the whole time.

A warrant was later written for his arrest.

Hawkins was booked in the Santa Rosa County Jail on Sept. 7 with a $1,000 bond, and county records indicated, he was released from custody later that same day.

Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.