Charge: Attempted Ballard Pool voyeur 'has needs' He defendant allegedly tried to film women in the staff locker room

Photo: Marilyn Nieves, Getty Images/Vetta Prosecutors charged a 19-year-old man Friday with attempted...

Prosecutors charged a 19-year-old man Friday with attempted voyeurism for a February incident in which a Ballard Pool staffer found a cell phone shooting video in a staff locker room.

An employee was cleaning up the women's staff locker room about 9:40 p.m. Feb. 27 when she noticed a pile of clothes on the floor. Because staff don't typically leave clothes on the floor, she began to clean them up, but found that they were supporting a cell phone, police reports say.

The woman noticed that the phone was recording video. She stopped the recording and played back the video, which allegedly showed the 19-year-old lifeguard setting up the phone in the locker room and backing away.

The worker stopped the video and notified her supervisor and another staff member before calling police. Soon thereafter, the lifeguard complained that he lost his phone. The co-workers pretended to search for the phone until police arrived.

Cops found the lifeguard crying, reports say. He allegedly admitted to setting up his cell phone in the locker room and switching on the recorder, claiming he "missed his girlfriend" and that he "has needs," according to court records.

He reportedly did not elaborate any further.

Authorities acquired a search warrant to examine the lifeguard's phone, but detectives were unable to gain access to it without a security number. Without being able to verify that victims were captured on video, prosecutors could only charge him with attempted voyeurism.

"The defendant's actions have caused great distress to the potential victims who may not ever know if they were filmed," Senior Deputy Prosecutor Carla Carlstrom wrote in a court memo.

However, police noted that staff members ranging from ages 17 to 29 could have used the changing room during Carlson's shift that night.