Youth Services detectives today charged parolee and registered sex offender James B. Josey III, 31, with invasion of privacy/peeping tom for hiding in a stall of the women’s restroom at the Hermitage Whataburger restaurant and using his cell phone to video persons in the adjacent stall.
A woman who had taken her two-year-old child into the restroom on March 27 noticed a phone pressed against the open gap between the two stalls. The mother yelled at the individual, causing a man (Josey) to quickly flee from the stall and the restaurant. A Whataburger staff member followed Josey and recognized him as a former employee.
During an interview with Youth Services detectives today, Josey admitted to videoing in women’s restrooms for sexual gratification.
The charge against Josey is a felony. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $2,500.
Josey is a registered sex offender out of Knoxville, where he committed similar invasion of privacy offenses. The State of Tennessee is expected to file a parole violation warrant against Josey.