What to Know
- A 38-year-old professional surveillance camera installer has been charged with sex crimes in New Jersey
- Prosecutors say he secretly watched a customer through the surveillance system he installed
- During the investigation into Thomas Canales, prosecutors linked him to two other sex crimes
A man who installs surveillance cameras in New Jersey is facing sex crime charges after authorities investigated allegations that he secretly monitored a customer through one of his surveillance camera systems and connected him to other allegations of sex assault and lewdness.
Thomas Canales, 38, was initially arrested at his Franklin Township home on Sept. 1, accused of illegally watching a customer on a surveillance system he'd set up in the customer's home.
Canales owns a computer company called Scope It Out in Somerset, prosecutors say.
While investigating Canales, Middlesex prosecutors linked him to an incident of lewdness on July 3 in which he allegedly exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl in New Brunswick.
They also allege he improperly touched a 32-year-old woman at an apartment complex playground in Edison on Aug. 25.
Canales is facing charges of computer theft in the secret surveillance case; sex assault, child endangerment and lewdness in the New Brunswick case; and criminal sex contact in the Edison incident.
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Canales’ attorney could not be immediately reached for comment.
