WILLIAMSBURG — A man is believed to have filmed “thousands of males” in public restrooms in the Colonial Williamsburg area going back nearly three decades, Williamsburg police said Monday.

George Thomas West, of Gloucester County, is accused of filming 17 people without their consent at a restroom in the Colonial Williamsburg area.

George Thomas West, of Gloucester, was arrested on 17 counts of unlawful filming of another after a complaint on Aug. 2 about alleged filming at a public restroom near the intersection of Duke of Gloucester and South Henry streets in the Historic Area.

He was using a cellphone, said Williamsburg spokeswoman Nicole Trifone.

Williamsburg police executed multiple search warrants in relation to the case following the Aug. 2 incident, a news release said. West was also charged with disorderly conduct.

“West is believed to have unlawfully filmed thousands of males in public restrooms in the Colonial Williamsburg area, as well as in the region, going back to 1996,” the release said. On Monday, police asked any other potential victims to come forward.

The release said West “is specifically believed to have operated in the City of Williamsburg on Saturdays.” Some of the filming may have occurred in Newport News, Trifone said. A variety of recording devices have been used since 1996, she said.

West is charged under a state law that makes it illegal to “knowingly and intentionally” take pictures or videos of a “nonconsenting person” — which can include nude pictures, pictures of people in their undergarments, or otherwise recording someone who has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

The charges are Class 1 misdemeanors if the person being recorded is an adult and felonies if the victim is a juvenile. All of the 17 cases filed against West are misdemeanors, each punishable by up to a year behind bars.

Several victims from the Aug. 2 incident remain unidentified, police said.

Anyone who believes they might have been unlawfully filmed at men’s rooms in the city should call Williamsburg Police Investigator Steve Roberts Jr. He can be reached at srobertsjr@williamsburgva.gov, with writers asked to include “West 825” in the subject line.

“The Williamsburg Police Department anticipates many individuals may contact the departmentin reference to this case, and additional resources have been assigned to speak with potentialvictims,” the release said.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Peninsula Crime Stoppers by phone at 888-LOCK-U-UP or online.

Aside from the 17 counts of unlawful filming, West is also charged with an additional count of disorderly conduct.

This is developing story. More will follow.

Peter Dujardin, 757-897-2062, pdujardin@dailypress.com

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