Crime & Safety

Voyeur at Six Flags Saw More Women Changing Clothes, Police Say

FOLLOW UP: The 19-year-old male who spied on two teenage girls in a changing room at Six Flags St. Louis on Aug. 8 saw more than just those two. Police said he said several females full or partially nude.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued warrants on Jeremy M. Bates, of Pacific, for Invasion of Privacy in the Second Degree-Multi Individuals, said Lt. David Wilson, on Aug. 30, as related to an incident involving two 13-year-old females that occurred at Six Flags St. Louis in .

But follow-up police paperwork reveals Bates saw more than just the two teenagers changing clothes.

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On Aug. 8, at the , Wilson said Bates knowingly viewed the two teenagers in the state of full or partial nudity through a small gap around a door frame of a public dressing room in the water park area of Six Flags. Authorities said the mother of the two girls witnessed Bates watching them while in the dressing room, and reported the incident to Six Flags authorities, who, in turn, contacted the Eureka Police Department.

There were other women changing in the same dressing room on Aug. 8, according to police records, and Bates discovered the crack the day before and watched several women changing clothing over the course of two days. 

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His bond was set at $7,500.

Patch editor Joe Scott contributed to this article.

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