OCEAN CITY – A 38-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested after cameras were found in public restrooms on the boardwalk June 12.

Harold Perkins of the 4200 block of Glenview Street has been charged with six counts of invasion of privacy and six counts of endangering the welfare of children (manufacturing child pornography), according to a release by the Ocean City Police Department.

Police officers had responded to the public bathrooms at Sixth Street and the boardwalk at about 12:25 p.m. June 12 on a report of a recording device found inside one of the bathrooms. 

Officers met with a woman who reported she found a hidden camera inside one of the bathrooms.  A subsequent search of all public bathrooms on the boardwalk was conducted, and several additional cameras were found in the bathrooms at 10th Street and 11th Street. 

As a result of an investigation, the suspect responsible for the cameras was identified. On June 20 at about 6:20 a.m., detectives from the Ocean City Police Department and from the Special Victims Unit of the Philadelphia Police Department, agents with the Department of Homeland Security (HSI-Atlantic City) and a K-9 unit with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General executed arrest and search warrants at a residence and vehicle in the 4200 block of Glenview Street in Philadelphia. 

Perkins was taken into custody at the residence and remains in Pennsylvania awaiting extradition proceedings.

Any members of the public who have information about the investigation are encouraged to contact the Ocean City Detective Bureau at 609-525-9131 or at [email protected].