The Lincoln statue at the UW Madison Campus (Fox 11 Online)
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Green Lake County man who attends UW-Madison was arrested for allegedly filming fellow students in the restroom of a residence hall on campus.
According to the UW-Madison Police Department, 19-year-old Braden Berndt of Berlin was booked into the Dane County Jail on three counts of disorderly conduct and three counts of capturing an image depicting nudity without consent. Formal charges have not yet been filed.
Campus police officers arrested Berndt around midnight Sunday. In a news release Monday, UWPD said:
Several victims shared similar accounts: while inside a restroom stall, an unknown individual in an adjacent stall would drop a cell phone on the floor beneath the divider, with the camera lens facing upward, while the victim was using the restroom. In each instance, the individual retrieved the phone after a few seconds.
One victim, who had experienced this twice before earlier that day, grabbed the phone when it occurred a third time and observed that it was actively recording. He also reported seeing numerous similar recordings on the device.
Police said Berndt lives at the residence hall where the incidents took place, but did not specify which building it is. If you had a similar experience, or if you have any information about this case, you are encouraged to call (608) 264-2677.
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