Man Charged With Peeking Into Woman's Bathroom Stall
Level 3 Sex Offender Arrested Tuesday
POSTED: 10:12 am EST February 20,
2008
UPDATED: 5:26 pm EST February 20,
2008
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BOSTON -- A Level 3 sex offender who police said peered into a public restroom stall as a woman was using the bathroom was in court on Wednesday. Level 3 sex offenders are considered the most likely to reoffend.
Watch VideoBraintree police said David C. Flavell, 38, of Brockton, followed a 36-year-old Holbrook woman into the ladies' room at Borders Bookstore and looked under the stall wall as she used the bathroom on Jan. 29, 2008."He confessed to the crimes and was apologetic. He indicted that he followed this woman into the bathroom because she was attractive. She said his intent was not to rape but just to look at her," prosecutor Danielle Ross said.Police said that at the time of his arrest, Flavell was carrying a backpack that he had on the night of the Borders incident. Inside the bag, police said they found three pairs of work gloves, a black ski mask and a roll of duct tape.An officer investigating the incident recognized the Flavell on surveillance video as the man suspected of making obscene phone calls to a Connecticut Child Protective Services hot line from pay phones in Boston and Braintree in 2006. Flavell was convicted in 1998 of assault with intent to commit rape, and in 2001, he was convict of two counts of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board.The victim and witnesses also identified Flavell from a photo array, Braintree police said."Hopefully it is him. One less person on the street to be bothering us," said Borders employee Mikayla Bishop.Flavell was charged with annoying and accosting a person sexually and disorderly conduct in Quincy District Court on Wednesday. He was ordered held on $10,000 bail.
Watch VideoBraintree police said David C. Flavell, 38, of Brockton, followed a 36-year-old Holbrook woman into the ladies' room at Borders Bookstore and looked under the stall wall as she used the bathroom on Jan. 29, 2008."He confessed to the crimes and was apologetic. He indicted that he followed this woman into the bathroom because she was attractive. She said his intent was not to rape but just to look at her," prosecutor Danielle Ross said.Police said that at the time of his arrest, Flavell was carrying a backpack that he had on the night of the Borders incident. Inside the bag, police said they found three pairs of work gloves, a black ski mask and a roll of duct tape.An officer investigating the incident recognized the Flavell on surveillance video as the man suspected of making obscene phone calls to a Connecticut Child Protective Services hot line from pay phones in Boston and Braintree in 2006. Flavell was convicted in 1998 of assault with intent to commit rape, and in 2001, he was convict of two counts of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board.The victim and witnesses also identified Flavell from a photo array, Braintree police said."Hopefully it is him. One less person on the street to be bothering us," said Borders employee Mikayla Bishop.Flavell was charged with annoying and accosting a person sexually and disorderly conduct in Quincy District Court on Wednesday. He was ordered held on $10,000 bail. Copyright 2008 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
