Grand Central Camera-Carrying Upskirt Perv Arrested

A man who concealed a video camera in a shopping bag to film women as they got onto an escalator at the Grand Central subway station was arested for unlawful surveillance.

The NY Sun reports that 21-year-old Jamarl Chambers would follow women up an escalator from the Lexington Avenue line. "The officers noticed Mr. Chambers ride up and down the escalator twice behind the women, each time placing the bag between their legs, before police confronted him at about 8 a.m. and saw the video camera."

Chambers has no prior arrest history and was sentenced to 10 days of community service. So far, the Sun says there have been 66 sexual abuse and/or public lewdness arrests this year (there were 264 last year). And upskirting cameras have been found in subway grates and have been the subject of Ethicist columns.

Photograph of Grand Central Terminal by mrgeneko on Flickr

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By Jen Chung in News on April 22, 2008 9:05 AM

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Steven

Disgusting. Someone should cut off his tool.

Hopefully the video tapes were destroyed.

Kojak

Yeah but where does the new stuff come from? From Enterprising young lads such as Jamarl Chambers

babyhitler

2girls1cup is pretty different.

robingee

Porn on the Internet is not new? There's new stuff every day! Not that I would know... I have heard. From people.

JacqueMehoff

no kidding. one gets tired of the same stuff

posted over and over again.

something from this decade.

Kojak

"With so much free porn in this world, why take the time to do this."

We need fresh material RoDogg. He's doing his part.

Kreo

to #9 - vagina??? i hope our siss and moms are wearing undies.

This guy is a pervert and should be beaten for ten days, the he should be returned his camera by way of rectal insertion and then sent to a mental institution.

Muscley Armed Paper Boy

RoDogg-

In 10 years, when Jamarl has a basement full of prostitutes chained to the wall, can I say I told you so? Guys like this always escalate.

Besides, what if that was your sister's or your mother's vagina on that videocamera? You wouldn't be so forgiving.

RoDogg

With so much free porn in this world, why take the time to do this. Also, he has no prior arrest record so why call him a perv. I could understand if he has an arrest history of lewdness but he doesn't and you don't know him. Don't be so quick to label someone if you don't know him. Maybe he has a mental problems. "Grand Central Camera-Carrying Upskirt Man Arrested" would have done well also. Be more mature in your wording.

berniegoetz

Jamarl? Sounds like his mother had one too many epidurals at the birthing. "What do you want to call your son? "Jamaaarrlllllggghhhhhh." "What was that? Oh, never mind. Jamarl it is."