Lawrence Man Arrested for Allegedly Filming Child in Lowell YMCA Locker Room
Joel Giron, a 28-year-old man from Lawrence, has been arrested and accused of secretly recording a child in a family locker room stall at the Greater Lowell YMCA. The incident occurred on October 21, when a child reported seeing a cellphone pointed towards her from an adjacent stall while changing. The child's mother alerted YMCA staff, who confronted Giron. Although Giron claimed he did not know he was not supposed to be in the family locker room, surveillance footage showed him entering the facility and then the family changing area. Lowell police were called, and Giron was identified through YMCA membership records. He was arrested the following day, October 22, at his Lawrence address, wearing the same clothing seen in the surveillance footage. Giron had three outstanding warrants, including a felony warrant for open and gross lewdness. He was arraigned on October 23 on a charge of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling the intimate parts of a child.
