Laredo man arrested in invasive recording investigation

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Police arrested a 40-year-old man after investigating a report that he secretly recorded someone at a local hospital.

Patrol officers responded to a call at a local hospital on Oct. 21 at about 7:26 p.m. Officers wrote a report on an alleged invasive visual recording offense and took a device believed to be connected to the incident.

Special Victims Unit investigators took over the case on Oct. 22. Police said investigators received search warrants for a home and an electronic device, as well as an arrest warrant.

Officers searched the residence and took multiple electronic devices, which were submitted as evidence for further examination.

The suspect, identified as Felipe Manuel Suarez, 40, was arrested at the scene and served with an arrest warrant charging him with invasive visual recording.

Suarez was taken to the Webb County Jail, where he was held in lieu of a $15,000 bond, police said.

Police said the case remains under investigation.

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