West Virginian man arrested for filming girls at Strouds Run

by Philip Elliott
Staff Writer

The Athens County Sheriff's Office arrested a 48-year-old man Wednesday for filming two young girls from his car.

Wayne Lee, of Vienna, W.Va., was arrested after the girls' father filed a complaint against Lee, who videotaped the father's daughters, said Sgt. Allen Flickinger of the sheriff's office. Lee drove from Strouds Run State Park after the father confronted him. He was arrested at the intersection of East State Street and state Route 33.

Lee was released and has not been charged, said C. David Warren, Athens County prosecutor. He said he expects Lee to be charged with voyeurism, a first-degree misdemeanor.

If convicted, Lee faces six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, Warren said.

Flickinger declined to give the girls' ages.

"(The prosecutor's office and the sheriff's office) haven't gotten together on this one yet," Warren said.

Warren, who took office in January, said this is the first time he has seen a case like this in Athens.

"This is a new one for me."

-Philip Elliott