IRVINE, CA - A man in his thirties was arrested after allegedly texting himself a personal, explicit video from a customer's cell phone during an internet installation.
The alleged suspect, 37-year-old Logan Edward Gray-McCannon, was an ITC Service Group Acquisition contract employee working for GFiber (previously known as Google Fiber) when police arrested him at his home in Hemet, California, on Friday, September 11, according to a press release from the Irvine Police Department (IPD).
Gray-McCannon has since been charged with commercial burglary, sharing a private sexual image of a person without consent, and unauthorized computer access. He has been booked into the Orange County Jail.
His arrest comes after a September 9 report from a GFiber customer who alleged she discovered that a sexually explicit video she sent to her partner was also sent to another recipient via iMessage, PEOPLE reported.
The customer said she discovered the iMessage on her iPad, and it was not traceable on her phone because it was deleted. She then discovered that the number belonged to Gray-McCannon.
According to IPD, Gray-McCannon sent the message when he asked to use the customer's cellphone to "test the Wi-Fi" signal. After about 10-15 minutes, the customer checked on Gray-McCannon "but could not see what he was doing with the phone," the press release stated.
IPD Public Information Officer Kyle Oldorp told PEOPLE that Gray-McCannon used a "ruse" of checking to make sure the phone worked in all the rooms. "His scheme is to go, 'Oh, well, I'm going to go upstairs and check it out in the backyard, and I'm gonna wander around the house.'"
"So that gives him a period of time to skim through the phone,” Oldorp says. “In this case, it gave him enough time to go through her text messages, and then find this intimate video." Oldorp said this is a "cautionary tale," adding, "Our phones all hold important and sensitive information. Anyone that asks to see your phone or use it, you should be watching it carefully, or not allow them to."
"Just be mindful of your privacy. Certainly, if somebody wants to take it into another room or away from you, that should raise suspicion," he continued.
Investigators believe there may be additional victims. Anyone who has had a similar interaction with Gray-McCannon is asked to contact IPD Detective John Sanders.
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