LOGAN — A 22-year-old Logan man was arrested Sunday night after his girlfriend caught him secretly filming her 13-year-old sister in the bathroom, prompting the suspect to demand she drive him to jail, according to law enforcement. Gabriel James Babbitt-Hogan was booked into the Cache County Jail and held temporarily without bail.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, the incident unfolded July 12 when jail deputies notified Logan police that Hogan had arrived at the facility wishing to surrender for “videoing children.”
An arresting officer interviewed Babbitt-Hogan’s girlfriend, who reported catching him holding his cellphone beneath a closed bathroom door as her sister finished showering. When asked what he was doing, Hogan reportedly responded that he was “being a creep”.
After taking the phone and viewing a video that showed her sister partially undressed, the girlfriend told police Babbitt-Hogan threatened to harm himself unless she immediately took him to jail. She then drove him to the facility and turned his phone over to investigators.
Babbitt-Hogan was advised of his Miranda rights and admitted to taking the footage because of “an urge” and out of “curiosity,” police reported. He signed a consent form allowing officers to review the device.
Investigators found four videos on the phone, including two longer clips that showed Babbitt-Hogan positioning the camera through a gap between the door and the floor. The footage captured the victim in a towel, with one video showing her bare breasts as she bent down.
Babbitt-Hogan made an initial appearance Monday in Logan’s 1st District Court. He was charged with voyeurism of a child under 14, a third-degree felony.
Judge Angela Fonnesbeck ordered Babbitt-Hogan to remain in jail, after he said he planned to hire an attorney. She told the suspect to have no contact with the alleged victim’s family and appear again in court July 22 for a bail hearing.
Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.