Hidden cameras present in South Bay dance studio bogs

Police are looking for the one who hid a number of cameras in a Hermosa Seaside dance studio lavatory utilized by kids, mother and father and staff.

A father or mother made the disturbing discovery Saturday morning on the dance studio within the 1100 block of Aviation Boulevard, the Hermosa Seaside Police Division introduced in a information launch.

Cops arrived on the studio round 9:30 a.m. and located that a number of cameras had been hidden in bogs on the studio. The father or mother who discovered the cameras turned them over to workers who then contacted police, based on authorities.

The bogs, that are utilized by mother and father, college students and staff, are unisex. College students who attend the dance studio vary from 2 to 18 years outdated, police mentioned.

“We perceive the priority this incident might trigger in our neighborhood — significantly amongst mother and father and households — and we wish to guarantee residents that we’re addressing this matter with the utmost seriousness,” the Hermosa Seaside Police Division mentioned in a press release.

Police mentioned the cameras had been hidden in wicker baskets within the bogs.

The proprietor of Faculty of Dance and Music, Liliana Somma, confirmed with information station ABC7 that the cameras had been situated at her enterprise. She mentioned that she has misplaced some clients because of the incident. Somma famous that she has been in enterprise for 25 years and that the studio has greater than a thousand college students.

Somma advised the information station that she has employed an organization to examine for different hidden gadgets at her enterprise.

“Additionally, we purchased these common sweeping gadgets that we’re going to be doing all through the day, which I believe everybody must be doing,” Somma advised the information station. “However that’s what we’re going to be doing. That’s newly bought. We additionally added cameras within the hallway so we are able to see who’s coming out and in of the studio itself.”

Anybody with data can contact detectives on the Hermosa Seaside Police Division at (310) 318-0360.