A Connecticut lifeguard has been arrested on more than 400 counts of voyeurism, as well as child pornography charges, after police began investigating the source of mini cameras found in a beach lifeguard shack over the summer.
Detectives from the Westport police department began investigating on Aug. 14 when the Westport Parks and Recreation administration reported that two cameras had been found inside the lifeguard shack at Burying Hill Beach in Westport.
After identifying Michael Collins, 29, of Westport, as the person suspected of setting up cameras in the employee room to record other people, they searched his home and seized sunglasses with cameras in them, laptop computers, DVDs, thumb drives, and other electronic and surveillance items police said might have been used for illegal behavior.
When police reviewed the devices, they found videos and photos, as well as child pornography.
Collins turned himself in to police on Monday after learning that there was an active warrant for his arrest and he has been charged with 431 counts of voyeurism, 431 counts of eavesdropping and third-degree possession of child pornography.
He posted $75,000 bond and is due in Norwalk Court on Jan. 7. Information on an attorney for him wasn't immediately available.
