Man guilty of recording women using restrooms in Carolina Beach

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The man accused of recording women using the public restrooms on the Carolina Beach boardwalk is going to prison.

This week, Daniel Jay Guerrette, 30, pleaded guilty to secretly using a photographic device to capture images of two women.

On July 4, 2016, Guerrette hid in a stall in the stall in the women’s restroom. He filmed two women while they were using the restroom. One of the
women saw the Guerrette’s cell phone coming from underneath the neighboring stall and she tried to stop him.

Guerrette ran off.

Det. Sam Smith was given a description of the defendant and then spotted him.

As Smith stopped Guerrette to investigate, he threw his cell phone down a construction hole. Officers were able to retrieve the phone and during a forensic examination of the phone, the videos from the bathroom were found.

Connie Jordan, the prosecutor assigned to the case, said, “This type of behavior poses a danger to our community and leaves victims with feelings of intrusion and violation. When officers are not able to locate and seize the recordings, as they were able to in our case, victims rightfully fear their images being circulated on the internet. Thankfully, the images Mr. Guerrette captured have been seized and will be destroyed after he is released from prison.”

Guerrette has been convicted of more than three prior felonies for breaking and entering and obtaining property by false pretenses, so he was sentenced as a habitual felon. Without habitual felon status, he would have been facing between 5 – 20 months in prison and the possibility of probation. With habitual felon status, Guerrette will serve a minimum of 26 months and a maximum of 44 months in prison.