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Luzerne man charged with indecent exposure in Plymouth

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<p>WRIGHT TWP. &#8212; A Hazleton man is facing a slew of charges after he was discovered in the ceiling of a township restaurant&#8217;s women&#8217;s bathroom, according to police.</p><p>Police are searching for Juan Bermudes Prieto, of Hazleton, after he fled Luigi&#8217;s Pizzeria on South Mountain Boulevard when he was allegedly observed by customers hiding in the ceiling of the restroom.</p><p>Prieto was an employee of the pizzeria, but has not returned to the business since the incident.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>Officers responded to Luigi&#8217;s for a report of a male crawling in the ceiling staring at customer&#8217;s in the women&#8217;s restroom. Officers met with an unidentified woman and her husband. The woman told police she was in the bathroom and saw a ceiling block move.</p><p>A female employee, the complainant&#8217;s husband and father ran into the room. The husband, standing on a toilet, used his cellphone as a flashlight to look in above the ceiling tiles. He saw a white male with a mustache and receding hairline who was mumbling Spanish.</p><p>He attempted to grab the male, but the suspect crawled toward the men&#8217;s bathroom.</p><p>The husband ran into the men&#8217;s bathroom to catch the man, but the suspect went out a window.</p><p>The suspect dropped a burgundy baseball hat with a Virginia Tech insignia and a blue stocking hat with red and white stripes as he ran away.</p><p>Officers than searched the immediate area outside the building and adjacent wooded area. Pennsylvania Game Commission Officer David Allen and K-9, Skye, were requested to track the suspect. Skye took officers to state Route 309 in the area of Burick&#8217;s Service Station.</p><p>Pennsylvania State Police were called to process the scene.</p><p>Investigations were able to interview employees of Luigi&#8217;s who identified the suspect as Prieto. Employees told police Prieto wore the stocking hat to work. They were also able to identify Prieto&#8217;s vehicle, a Mazda Tribute SW with chrome wheels, which was in the parking lot of Luigi&#8217;s.</p><p>Videos from a Nokia cellphone found at the scene were preserved at evidence. A total of 48 videos of female children under the age of 13 and female adults were found on the phone. During a check of Prieto&#8217;s public Facebook, investigators found him wearing the burgundy baseball hat similar to the one found at the scene.</p><p>Prieto is facing three felony counts each of taking photographs of children preforming sexual acts and child pornography as well as 16 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Police: Hazleton man found spying on women, children in ceiling of bathroom