A Polk County man has been arrested for voyeurism, and the sheriff is crediting the community for helping nab him.
Investigators say Santos Pantoja – an ex-con who has served time for manslaughter, burglary, and grand theft – was the man who preyed on an Auburndale mother and her 17-year-old daughter.
“He has got a hitch in his giddyup to be trying to look into a child’s window,” said Polk Sheriff Grady Judd, sizing up the situation. “He is a low-down, no-good raspert.”
Investigators say the first incident happened about a week and a half ago.
“He has got a hitch in his giddyup to be trying to look into a child’s window,” Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said of Pantoja.
“I was in my bathroom getting ready for work in the morning, and through the reflection of my mirror, I saw a man’s face looking into my bathroom window,” recalled Sarah Martinez.
With her adrenaline pumping, Martinez ran outside and saw a guy in a work truck taking off.
A few days later, detectives say Pantoja came back, and his actions were captured by a neighbor’s newly installed surveillance camera.
The video shows a man looking through the bedroom window of Martinez’s teen daughter.