Austin Police Department

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A man suspected of taking up-skirt photos of a woman in a comic book store in North Austin in August faces a charge of invasive visual recording, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed last week.

The affidavit said the woman was shopping at Austin Books & Comics on North Lamar Boulevard on Aug. 20 when she heard a voice directly beneath her.

"When she looked down, she saw the suspect squatting behind her," the document said. "She noticed he had a cell phone in his hand, which was pointed facing up her skirt."

The affidavit said the woman confronted the man, identified in the report as Danielo B. Perez, and told him that what he was doing was disgusting, and that he should be ashamed of himself.

The woman told her fiancé what happened, and he also confronted the man.

The affidavit said Perez apologized to the woman’s fiancé, told him he deleted the images and "not to worry about it."

The document said Perez admitted to taking the photos in an interview with authorities after the incident.

"The suspect admitted to his actions and apologized for them," the document said. "He further stated he wanted all of this to ‘just go away, like everyone to just move on, put it behind us and everyone move on with their life’. He also stated that this would ruin him and that he no longer had the images."

The affidavit said surveillance footage from the store showed Perez kneeling behind the victim with a cell phone in his left hand.

Invasive visual recording is a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

Authorities said Perez had not been booked into the Travis County Jail by 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

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