John Florencio, 28, was arrested Sept. 11 after Carmel police investigated an allegation that he used a cellphone to photograph beneath a woman’s dress at a Target store on North Michigan Road. He was charged Sept. 14 with misdemeanor voyeurism and felony obstruction of justice and later released from the Hamilton County Jail on a $5,000 bond, according to Current.
What police say happened
Court information described by Fox 59 alleges that the woman was shopping in the bread aisle at about 12:45 p.m. when she saw Florencio holding a phone beneath her dress and taking images of her private area. She confronted him, and he left through the store while the woman and a Target employee followed, the station reported.
Police later found Florencio’s silver Dodge Ram in the store parking lot, but he was not there. Officers established a perimeter and found him near a wooded area west of a home in the 3900 block of West 106th Street, near Shelborne Road, according to the court information summarized by Fox 59. Police said Florencio declined to answer questions after his arrest.
Phone search and case status
What Indiana crime data track
According to the Indiana State Police, the National Incident-Based Reporting System captures details about individual crime incidents, including separate offenses, victims, known offenders, arrestees and property. That means the system is designed to record offenses separately, but the supplied background information does not provide a recent statewide count specifically for voyeurism or related offenses.
The cellphone was not found on Florencio. A subsequent search involving additional officers and a K9 unit also failed to locate it, and detectives believed he had disposed of or destroyed the device, according to court documents cited by Fox 59.
Florencio was charged Sept. 14 in Hamilton Superior Court 7 with misdemeanor voyeurism and felony obstruction of justice. A jury trial is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2027, according to Fox 59. The charges are allegations, and the case remains pending.
