IRVING, TX - A serial peeping tom was arrested after he assaulted a police officer who was trying to detain him for allegedly taking photos under women's dresses at a store in Irving, Texas.
According to NBC 5, the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Keevis Holland, was charged several years back for filming under women's clothes. During that incident, which took place in April of 2017, Holland was arrested by the Dallas Police Department (DPD) for using his phone to take video of the underneath of a women's skit at Walmart.
At the time, a security officer told police that they caught Holland on surveillance video following the woman around the store with his cell phone under her skirt. Court records show that the April 2017 incident was not Holland's first as he reportedly followed another woman in March 2017 at the same Walmart and filmed video under her skirt as well.
Fast forward to Monday, July 1st, when Irving Police Department (IPD) were dispatched to the 4100 block of W. Airport Freeway at 12:30 p.m. to assist another officer who was off-duty at a store. The off-duty Ore City Police officer was wearing his uniform and was in the store when a loss prevention employee told him that a man was taking pictures underneath women's dresses.
Authorities said that the off-duty officer approached the suspect, identified as Holland, and tried to detain him in handcuffs for suspicion of invasive visual recording. While attempting to put the handcuffs on Holland, the suspect turned and struck the officer's face multiple times with his fists and the loose handcuffs.
According to police, each time Holland hit the officer, the handcuffs caused lacerations to the top of the officer's head and as a result of being hit so many times, the officer fell to the ground and dropped his taser. IPD said that Holland then grabbed the taser and aimed it straight at the hurt officer. IPD added, "which placed him in fear of serious bodily injury or death due to the potential of the defendant incapacitating him with the taser and taking his firearm."
Instead of using the taser on the injured officer, Holland reportedly fled the scene, running away from the officer who got up and chased him out of the store and into the parking lot, where Holland was seen getting into a gray Dodge Ram truck.
IPD said that it learned the truck was registered to Holland after running the license plate number. Holland's driver's license photo that came up positively identified him as the suspect. According to Fox 4, when police showed up to Holland's residence in Rowlett the next day, Tuesday, July 2nd, to serve the warrant for his arrest, he was not home. Later that evening, he turned himself in and was arrested.
One of Holland's neighbors, Omar Ayala, said, "He seemed like a really nice guy. I couldn't see it happening because he was really nice, so the fact that he was in a random Walmart recording people is just, wow, like I almost think did they get the wrong guy?"
He was booked into the Dallas Suzanne Lee Kays Detention Facility. He has been charged with aggravated assault on a peace office, aggravated assault by a public servant, assault causing bodily injuries, evading arrest with a vehicle, and taking a weapon from an officer. His bond as been set at $152,000.
According to NBC 5, the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Keevis Holland, was charged several years back for filming under women's clothes. During that incident, which took place in April of 2017, Holland was arrested by the Dallas Police Department (DPD) for using his phone to take video of the underneath of a women's skit at Walmart.
At the time, a security officer told police that they caught Holland on surveillance video following the woman around the store with his cell phone under her skirt. Court records show that the April 2017 incident was not Holland's first as he reportedly followed another woman in March 2017 at the same Walmart and filmed video under her skirt as well.
Fast forward to Monday, July 1st, when Irving Police Department (IPD) were dispatched to the 4100 block of W. Airport Freeway at 12:30 p.m. to assist another officer who was off-duty at a store. The off-duty Ore City Police officer was wearing his uniform and was in the store when a loss prevention employee told him that a man was taking pictures underneath women's dresses.
Authorities said that the off-duty officer approached the suspect, identified as Holland, and tried to detain him in handcuffs for suspicion of invasive visual recording. While attempting to put the handcuffs on Holland, the suspect turned and struck the officer's face multiple times with his fists and the loose handcuffs.
According to police, each time Holland hit the officer, the handcuffs caused lacerations to the top of the officer's head and as a result of being hit so many times, the officer fell to the ground and dropped his taser. IPD said that Holland then grabbed the taser and aimed it straight at the hurt officer. IPD added, "which placed him in fear of serious bodily injury or death due to the potential of the defendant incapacitating him with the taser and taking his firearm."
Instead of using the taser on the injured officer, Holland reportedly fled the scene, running away from the officer who got up and chased him out of the store and into the parking lot, where Holland was seen getting into a gray Dodge Ram truck.
IPD said that it learned the truck was registered to Holland after running the license plate number. Holland's driver's license photo that came up positively identified him as the suspect. According to Fox 4, when police showed up to Holland's residence in Rowlett the next day, Tuesday, July 2nd, to serve the warrant for his arrest, he was not home. Later that evening, he turned himself in and was arrested.
One of Holland's neighbors, Omar Ayala, said, "He seemed like a really nice guy. I couldn't see it happening because he was really nice, so the fact that he was in a random Walmart recording people is just, wow, like I almost think did they get the wrong guy?"
He was booked into the Dallas Suzanne Lee Kays Detention Facility. He has been charged with aggravated assault on a peace office, aggravated assault by a public servant, assault causing bodily injuries, evading arrest with a vehicle, and taking a weapon from an officer. His bond as been set at $152,000.
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2024-07-12T20:53-0500 | Comment by: Michelle
And therein lies the problem. People think because they “know” someone they know everything about them. That’s never the case and there are plenty of people out there who have bad intentions and will be very nice to those they see daily. That’s why we have cops, to protect us from those very people who hide behind a mask.