Local plumber accused of secretly recording customer in bathroom

CORVALLIS, OR (KPTV) -

A local plumber is accused of secretly recording a customer while she was in the bathroom.

James Bartholomeusz is locked up in the Benton County Jail. Detectives say in the video recording they found over the course of their investigation, the female victim was naked.

Police arrested Bartholomeusz on Monday. He owns Ace Rooter Services which advertises that they do jobs all over Albany, Corvallis and the Salem- Keizer area.

Police say it was a job at a house near the Oregon State University campus that these particular charges stem from, and the alleged victim no longer lives here.

Investigators say he secretly recorded the woman while she was in the shower. It happened just about a year ago.

You know around campus, there's this rep that girls have to be careful out, but now in their own house and bathroom where you think you're in private, said OSU student Anna Robinson. "It's sick."

I just hope the girls are OK and they work their way through this, it can't be easy to learn that this has happened, said OSU student Analise Sinz.

Bartholomeusz's bail is set at $20,000.

Any other clients who might have concerns are urged to contact the Albany Police Department.

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Local plumber accused of secretly recording customer in bathroom