Union City detectives identified David Lista, 35, of Hayward, as the suspect who placed a hidden camera in a Starbucks bathroom located at 32240 Dyer Street sometime in August 2018. Lista is a registered sex offender and was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008 for videotaping high school girls at Mills High School in Millbrae.Courtesy of Union City Police Department
A registered sex offender has been arrested for installing a hidden camera in a Starbucks restroom in Union City, police said.
Union City police said Wednesday that David Lista, 35, of Hayward, was in possession of child pornography and video footage of people using bathrooms when they searched his home on Aug. 30. Police said they also found drug paraphernalia.
Police said they conducted the search after they linked him to the hidden camera found in the Starbucks at 32240 Dyer St. in Union City.
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He was booked into Santa Rita Jail on three counts of possessing child pornography, illegal videotaping, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held on $75,000 bail.
Lista is a registered sex offender, convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008 for videotaping girls at Mills High School in Millbrae, police said.
Investigators suspect that Lista may have illegally videotaped customers of his plumbing services.
Police are asking anyone who hired Lista as a plumber or as a contractor to contact Detective Angela Fonseca at 510-675-5283 or afonseca@unioncity.org, or Detective Steven Fong at 510-675-5259 or sfong@unioncity.org.
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