Campers tie man to tree for peeping into potty
01:39 PM PDT on Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Campers caught a man at a rural Clackamas County Oregon campground peeping at an outdoor toilet and made a citizen's arrest, binding the man to a tree until police arrived.
Clack. Co. Sheriff's Ofc.
Campers detained a man they say they caught peeping into a campground bathroom.
On Saturday, a group of adults were camping at the Big Fan Campground near Bagby Hot Springs in Estacada when they spotted a man watching female campers defecating and urnating at an open latrine location in the camping area.
A 'posse' of campers captured the man as he tried to flee and brought him back to the campground where they tied him to a tree.
While tied to the tree, the man reportedly admitted that he'd been peeping at campground toilets for years as a sort of 'hobby'.
Jason Dugan, one of those who caught the peeper, said they caught the same man peeping at this campground last year as well.
"Remember me from last year?", Dugan says the man said.
The suspect, Richard Berkey of Beaverton, was also discovered to be in possession of maps for the following areas of interest to investigators: Gifford-Pinchot National Forest (Washington); the Deschutes National Forest; Tillamook National Forest, and the Willamette National Forest.
Berkey was cited for private indecency and released.
"I'm really surprised," Berkey told KGW, "I just didn't think it was that big of a deal."
Vickie Dugan, one of the women spied on, said the women went in pairs to go to the bathroom, but did not have anything to shield themselves because they thought it was secluded and private.
"Next time, we're bringing a tarp!" she said.
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