The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an incident in which a custodian is accused of peeking into a women’s locker room by lifting a ceiling tile.
Deputies were called to the Powerhouse Gym at Sashabaw and Waldon roads on Feb. 9. A woman said she was in the women’s locker room applying makeup when she saw a hand lift the ceiling tile near the wall mirror.
The custodian, who works out of a closet on the other side of the sink where the woman was standing, said he was simply storing hangers in the ceiling area and denied any wrongdoing.
A gym manager and the deputy inspected the area, however, and discovered that the ceiling tile had a corner removed to make it easy to lift. Lifting the tile from above the ceiling made it easy to see the entire women’s locker room, reports said, and it appeared the tile had been lifted and returned numerous times.
The case was turned over to the county prosecutor’s office for review.