The Walnut Creek Police Department announced the arrest of a man who is suspected of placing a video camera in the bathroom of the Starbucks on Locust St. The suspect has been identified as 34-year-old Jacob Walter Turner.
On 2/16/15, employees of Starbucks at 1152 Locust St. reported that they found a video recorder that had been
secreted in the unisex bathroom at the business during the hours of 2:30PM – 4:00 and it had recorded
several customers using the restroom.
On Tuesday 4/14/15 Starbucks employees at the same location reported finding another video camera
secreted in the restroom. The camera had been in the restroom recording customers using the restroom
between 2PM- 3PM. Walnut Creek PD officers investigated the incidents and developed evidence that indicated that Jacob Walter Turner, 35 of Benicia, was the suspect that placed the camera.
On Thursday, 4/16/15, WCPD detectives assisted by Benicia PD served a search warrant at Turner’s residence
on Oxford Dr. in Benicia. Turner was arrested on a warrant charging him with multiple counts of 647 J (3) (a) PC.
Walnut Creek PD detectives are attempting to identify the victims that used the Starbucks restroom during the
above timeframes that were unknowingly recorded.
Anyone with information should call Det. Gabe Mauro at 943-5881
- Date / Time Occurred: 2/6/15 and 4/14/15 **Corrected date of Occurrence**
- Crime Description / Code: 647 J (3) (a) PC Placing video recorder in a restroom.
- Suspect: Jacob Walter Turner, D.O.B. 10/20/80, residence on Oxford Dr. Benicia Ca.
- Press Release Prepared By: Sgt. Mike McLaughlin
Information provided by Walnut Creek Police
