Yelier Alderete, 40, was arrested on a video voyeurism charge involving a minor after his girlfriend allegedly found a video on his cellphone showing her 13-year-old daughter in the family’s bathroom, WSVN reported, citing an arrest report. The allegation has not been established in court.
Police allege Alderete placed his phone in the bathroom and recorded the girl for about four minutes without her knowledge. According to WSVN, the girl’s mother gave investigators a copy of the video after reporting the incident to Hialeah police. The report says she had become suspicious of Alderete’s habit of sleeping on the living-room couch; on September 23, she found him asleep with his phone on his chest and transferred about 400 photos and videos from it to her own device, where she found the recording.
What the charge terminology means
The Florida Senate’s summary of the 2024 legislation says it renamed the offense of video voyeurism to digital voyeurism under section 810.145. Section 810.145 covers digital voyeurism. That general statutory context does not establish which specific provision applies to Alderete or determine the outcome of his pending case.
A separate Palm Beach County case illustrates that bathroom-recording allegations can involve different circumstances and multiple alleged incidents. CBS12 reported that a 24-year-old woman found cameras in a bathroom she shared with 50-year-old Kevin James Martin on November 8, 2024; investigators later identified 58 alleged incidents. That case involved hidden cameras and a reported series of incidents, unlike the single phone-recording allegation described in Alderete’s case. The two cases are examples, not evidence of a trend.
Arrest and unresolved questions
WSVN reported that detectives located Alderete at a Miami address the day before his arrest and brought him to the Hialeah Police Department for questioning. According to the report, he invoked his right to remain silent. A judge found probable cause and set bond at $15,000, WSVN reported. The available account does not establish a conviction or provide a later court outcome.
