McDonald’s manager arrested after boy sees cellphone in restroom
ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A McDonald’s manager took a photo or tried to take one of a 10-year-old boy in the restaurant’s men’s restroom, police said Friday.
Tyler Mathew Johnson, 36, of Terre Haute was arrested Friday and faces preliminary charges of attempted child molesting and voyeurism, the Monroe County sheriff said in a news release.
Police said the incident occurred in a stall of the men’s restroom at the McDonald’s, 4499 W. State Road 46. That is southeast of Ellettsville.
“The boy immediately told a family member what happened,” the release said.
The boy said he saw a cellphone, likely taking a photo of him, held over the top of the door while he was in the restroom stall. The boy later described the phone cover’s design and the shoes of the person holding the phone. The man left before the boy exited the stall.
Detective with the sheriff’s office later examined video from the surveillance system and saw a man talking with another person. A short time later, that man entered the restroom with a cellphone in hand. He left the bathroom before the boy. The boy is seen on surveillance video talking with his family member about what happened.
Restaurant employees watched the surveillance video with detectives and identified the man as Johnson.
Johnson was listed Friday as being in the Monroe County jail. Police said information on any bond set for his release and his jailing booking photo were not available. No court case had been filed in online records by Friday afternoon.
