ST. PETERSBURG â A 65-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested Dec. 27 after he reportedly watched pornography with a girl under the age of 12 and used a hidden video camera to record her in his bathroom.
William Edward Smith was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and charged with video voyeurism, failure to protect a minor and tampering with physical evidence. Bail was set at $17,000.
Patrol deputies were dispatched to the Smithâs residence after the victimâs father reported that Smith was watching pornography with the juvenile victim. The victimâs father told deputies he confronted Smith about the pornography and looked at Smithâs computer. The father reportedly found several videos on the computer, one of which contained the victim partially nude using Smithâs restroom.