A man was arrested Thursday in Dalton, Ga., after he took upskirt photos of women at a Walmart less than 24 hours after he got out of prison for doing the same thing, according to a news release from the Dalton Police Department.
Heath Shields Franklin, 44, was arrested and charged with one count of unlawful surveillance after this latest incident.
He missed a probation meeting Thursday morning, and probation officers called the Dalton Police Department, which used his ankle monitor to track him to a local Walmart, the release said.
After they found Franklin, authorities learned he bought a new cell phone. Franklin agreed to let them check his phone and they found “a number of photos of women’s buttocks and also pictures of at least four women taken from angles that allowed the camera to view underneath the legs of their shorts or skirts,” the release said.
This came less than 24 hours after Franklin was released from prison for doing similar illegal activities in 2012 while working at a Dalton convenience store. He was arrested then for touching and taking upskirt photos of women and charged with multiple counts of sexual battery and unlawful surveillance.