Culver City sex registrant arrested for being a peeping Tom: Police

The Culver Metropolis Police Division arrested an alleged peeping Tom who was noticed exterior a girl’s dwelling, police mentioned.

The alleged lurker, 49-year-old Culver Metropolis resident Shondel Larkin, was arrested on Wednesday after he was recognizing peering via a girl’s window on Tuesday, police mentioned on Fb.

Whereas the id of the prowler was not initially identified, the girl’s doorbell digicam captured footage of the person, who was then recognized as Larkin, “an area intercourse registrant who’s on parole for intercourse crimes,” exterior her dwelling at the least twice, police mentioned.

Whereas the sufferer noticed the prowler exterior her dwelling on Tuesday evening, it was solely via reviewing her safety footage that she turned conscious that he was additionally exterior her home on Monday, in keeping with authorities.

“Detectives additionally discovered that Larkin, who’s required to put on a GPS ankle monitor as a situation of his parole, was within the space of the sufferer’s residence not solely on the evening of this incident, but in addition the earlier night,” police added.

On Wednesday, police mentioned they surveilled Larkin and “noticed him leering at a girl inside a Culver Metropolis residence.”

“Larkin was instantly arrested. The sufferer of this crime suggested detectives that she didn’t know Larkin and he was not approved to be on her property,” the discharge mentioned.

Larkin was booked into Culver Metropolis Police Division custody on a parole maintain, and he’s anticipated to face a number of prices of peeking whereas prowling.

As of Thursday, police haven’t but offered the case to the Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s workplace for the potential submitting of prices.

Anybody else who witnessed this prowling or who has witnessed the same crime is requested to name Sgt. Eddie Baskaron at 310-253-6316 or the CCPD Watch Commander at 310-253-6202.