ATLANTA — Police say a peeping Tom who they believe targeted at least a dozen women in one neighborhood for more than a month is off the streets.
Neighbors along Greenwood Avenue told Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes they were not going to give up until police caught the person who had been peeping into their windows.
One woman said she got a home surveillance camera just to help catch the man and she's glad police have him now.
For the last five weeks neighbors in the Virginia-Highland area of Atlanta have been working together to catch the peeping Tom.
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They sent police surveillance photos to help identify him. Thursday, police arrested Enio Castellano, 61, after he turned himself in.
Investigators believe he's connected to at least 12 peeping Tom incidents around Greenwood Avenue since mid-September.
"I think this is a really great example of the community's involvement. As much as we try to be present everywhere, we obviously can't be," said Officer James White, with the Atlanta Police Department.
Fernandes checked into the suspect's background and only found some traffic violations.
She spoke to one neighbor who believes Castellano could be the one she caught trying to open her apartment building door.
"A guy was like trying to get into the locked box and stuff. My neighbors called the cops and it was fine, but I wonder if that was the same guy. That's freaky," the woman said.
Police said the investigation into the peeping incidents continues, but neighbors said they are feeling a lot safer since Castellano's arrest.
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