Florida fire lieutenant secretly recorded 600+ videos of coworkers in bathrooms: officials

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A former Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lieutenant is facing serious charges after investigators said they found a hidden camera in a fire station bathroom.

The camera’s micro-SD card contained more than 600 video clips showing 18 employees “while they were in their most vulnerable state,” according to an arrest warrant obtained by NBC6.

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The former lieutenant, Manuel Fernandez, 55, is believed to have planted the camera in the men’s bathroom at a fire station in Doral. Authorities said he’d disguised the camera as a wall charger plugged into an electrical outlet.

It wasn’t until an employee found the device in April 2023 that investigators with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office started trying to identify who was responsible…

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