Police arrest alleged voyeur

After a two-year investigation of a man who allegedly secretly videotaped hundreds of IU women under the guise of a model search, police arrested a suspect Wednesday night in Woodburn Hall.\nIU Police Department Detective Greg McClure, who has been on the case since 1999, said a final check of Room 118 paid off at 8 p.m. when he arrested Timothy S. Joyce, 32, of Greenwood, Ind. He was charged with Class D Felony Voyeurism.\n"I can't say we've seen anything like this before," McClure said. "We've come across the sexually oriented things, but nothing like this."\nMcClure described the suspect as, "A little more subdued, a little more undercover, a little more slick."\nAbout 340 women answered to fliers for a company named Model Search posted in several campus buildings, including Woodburn, the Main Library and Ballantine Hall. The signs said, "Models needed, earn extra cash! No experience necessary!" and asked for interested persons to call a 1-800 number. \nThe women, students at IU and IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis, allegedly made appointments with the photographer and were videotaped as they stood against a wall and answered Joyce's questions. Videotapes recovered at the scene showed that Joyce hid a second camera in the room to tape the women changing clothes, police said.\nMcClure said he went to Woodburn after a person who made an appointment told police where the photo shoot was. McClure stopped by the room after work Wednesday, and as he approached the room he heard the woman and the suspect talking about modeling, he said. McClure said the suspect had used also used the room Oct. 4.\nSeveral videotapes and a wireless video transmitter to record the women were found at the scene, along with contact information lists of more than 340 women from the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, believed to be those who called the 800 number.\nMany of the meetings took place in Woodburn, McClure said.\nWomen who called the numbers on the fliers were instructed to leave call-back information, according to the IUPD. The women were contacted later to make an appointment and were told to bring changes of clothes, often including a bathing suit.\nAt the appointment, they would meet the photographer in an unoccupied classroom with one camera and a tripod, according to an IUPD release.\nWith some of the women, Joyce allegedly left the room to allow the women to change clothing and videotaped them with a hidden camera.\nMcClure said the investigation began in Sept. 1999. IUPD has tried several times to set up appointments, but Joyce failed to show up, McClure said. McClure said Joyce could face multiple felony voyeurism charges, depending on the number of cases that can be proven. In Indiana, a Class D felony carries a fixed prison term of one-and-a-half years and a fine of not more than $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.\nAnyone who has information or believes they were a victim of the incidents should contact IUPD Detective Greg McClure at 855-4291. The case is still under investigation.