Man arrested, accused of filming woman in Salt Lake dressing room

A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of using his cellphone to try and record a woman in a store dressing room last fall.

A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of using his cellphone to try and record a woman in a store dressing room last fall. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)


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SALT LAKE CITY — A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of trying to secretly film a woman in a department store dressing room last fall.

Erik Gerardo Betancourt-Alvarado, 48, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of voyeurism.

Police say the incident happened on Sept. 16 at Nordstrom Rack, 2210 S. 1300 East. A woman was in a dressing room when she "saw the cellphone under the stall and believed it to be recording from a red light on the device. The victim confronted the male and asked why he was recording her in the dressing room," a police booking affidavit states.

The man quickly exited the store. The woman notified a store employee who followed Betancourt-Alvarado and got a picture of his license plate as he drove off, the affidavit states.

Using that information, in addition to surveillance video, Salt Lake police detectives later identified the man as Betancourt-Alvarado due in part to his tattoos, according to the affidavit. He was located, questioned and arrested on Wednesday.

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Pat Reavy is a longtime police and courts reporter. He joined the KSL.com team in 2021, after many years of reporting at the Deseret News and KSL NewsRadio before that.

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