Jun 18, 2009 7:19 pm US/Eastern
SHOCK: Landlord Accused Of Spying On Teen Tenant
44-Year-Old Louis Bosco Accused Of Using Video And Audio Equipment To Spy On Tenants
Neighboring Family Finds Cameras In Bedrooms, Bathrooms Of Apt.
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44-Year-Old Louis Bosco of East Patchogue was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly spying on his tenant's 16-year-old daughter.
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44-Year-Old Louis Bosco of East Patchogue was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly spying on his tenant's 16-year-old daughter.
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A Long Island family is outraged over their landlord's alleged spying eyes after hidden cameras were found in the bathroom and their daughter's bedroom.
Tears of fury were shed by parents whose 16-year-old daughter was violated, they say, by their Peeping Tom landlord.
"He took some kid's trust and used it for his own self-gratification and gain, for the sexually deviant mind that he has," father Robert Hayducka says.
The couple's teen daughter and 8-year-old son suddenly noticed some blinking wires in the ceiling. They walked out back to the camper adjacent to their rental home to speak to the landlord, 44-year-old Louis Bosco, considered a family friend. The children were horrified, say police, by what they saw through Bosco's window, and they called 9-1-1.
Detectives discovered, and dismantled, video and audio equipment allegedly used to spy on the 10th grade girl as she undressed.
"The cameras were in a bedroom ceiling and bathroom ceiling," Det. Lt. Edward Reilly, of the Suffolk County Police, says. "It appeared to be a pinhole-type camera that fed back to a monitor."
"I would like to go over and kill him – I really want to hurt this guy," Robert Haydrucka said. "I wanted to kill the guy, and there was a moment when I had a confrontation with him that I was going to hit him."
But Hayducka held back and pointed out to police the attic where the landlord had exclusive access to plant tiny cameras.
The family now has orders of protection telling Bosco to stay away – but he is due to make bail, and return to his trailer. Now, the family worries that he may have planted other tiny cameras they haven't yet found.
"You question yourself. 'What did I do wrong, could I have stopped it?" mother Debbie Hayducka says. "Her father and I feel guilty in a way."
"You can get devices for less than $100 online to locate these cameras, even if they are small pinhole cameras imbedded in normal devices," Rian Wroblewski, of camsweep.com, says.
They're called Spyfinders, and are sold along with Nanny Cams.
The landlord pleaded not guilty to felony eavesdropping charges. He posted $20,000 bond and was released from custody.
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