Cambridge Man Allegedly Recorded 12 Nude Women, Including Roommates

SOMERVILLE, MA – A Cambridge man was arraigned Friday for allegedly secretly recording a dozen Somerville women while they were in the nude, including roommates in their own bedrooms.

According to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, 32-year-old Teddy Browar-Jarus was charged with 26 counts of secretly recording an unsuspecting nude person, 11 counts of willful recording of oral communication, and one count of attempting to video record an unsuspecting person in a state of nudity.

According to the DA's office, one of Browar-Jarus' former roommates alleges she woke up to the sound of beeping to find a cell phone on her bedroom bookshelf, with the camera facing her bed and the name "Teddy" on the home screen.

When authorities executed a search warrant on his bedroom, police allegedly found numerous recording devices, described as "a laptop computer and a hook camera, a camera that is similar in appearance to a plastic hook used to hang towels or robes in a bathroom, but with a hidden camera inside."

A search of the laptop allegedly uncovered dozens of videos showing women "in a state of undress; some in the bathroom, others engaged in sexual activity, as well as several female roommates in various state of undress in their own bedrooms," according to the DA's office.

"Many videos also included the recording of conversations. The investigation allegedly showed that the hook camera had been installed in the bathrooms of two Somerville apartments to record women entering and exiting the shower. The police also located videos created through the use of smart phones and a laptop computer," a DA's office press release said.

All women identified in the videos by Somerville Police reportedly said they had not given permission for and had no knowledge of the video and audio recordings.

The videos were allegedly taken in the years 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Teddy Browar-Jarus was released on personal recognizance Friday, and ordered to have no contact with the victims or witnesses, and to not publicly identify any of the victims, according to the DA's office.

The next scheduled hearing is October 7.

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