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Mesa Police Department - Media Release
 

Man arrested for voyeurism at local department store

On Sunday November 11, 2007 at 5:19 p.m. a witness contacted the Mesa Police Department to report suspicious behavior at a local Mervyn’s department store at 1240 E. Main Street. The witness indicated that a male later identified as 41-year-old Mesa resident Sebastian Sostenes had been looking up the skirt of an unsuspecting woman inside of the store.

Uniformed patrol officers responded to the scene and contacted the involved parties inside at the women’s department. The investigation revealed that Sostenes had been following the 58-year-old victim as she shopped alone in the women’s department. Sostenes acted casually as he looked at women’s clothing. It appeared that the victim did not notice that Sostenes was watching her. On two separate occasions Sostenes approached the victim from behind, lay on the ground and looked up the victim’s skirt. The victim did not notice the suspect’s actions on either occasion. Officers contacted Sostenes shortly after the second incident.

During a post-Miranda interview Sostenes voluntarily admitted to the crime. Sostenes was arrested and booked on suspicion of voyeurism, a class 5 felony.