The police in Lenexa, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City, Mo., have invited the customers of a tanning salon to stop by and leaf through a scrap book of 184 photos. The photos were made from videotape recorded by the owner of the establishment. \n Meanwhile, the owner of Sun Swim USA, 32-year-old Michael Wallace Emmons, has been charged in Johnson County District Court with 13 counts of eavesdropping and slapped with at least one civil law suit. \n There didn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about Sun Swim USA until late August, when a manager found some videotapes in Emmons' office. When she played them, she found that they were footage of women tanning themselves in the booths next to the office, which normally was kept locked. Much to the manager's surprise, she was one of the women whose tanning session had been recorded. \n The manager called police who, during a search of the business, found two booths with peepholes. Police then searched Emmons' home and found even more videotapes of women working on their tans. \n News of the discovery prompted more than 200 women to call the Lenexa police to see if they had been captured on Emmons' version of "Candid Camera." Nearly 150 of them had tanned at the salon. Those women have been asked to come to the police station and flip through the book of photos assembled by police. \n To keep everything proper, the photos in the book do not show nudity. Those who identify themselves will be able to return later and see only the parts of the tapes on which they appear. Some of the time, poor lighting conditions obscured the faces in the video, making it hard for police to tell exactly how many women were taped and how many appeared more than once. \n In addition to the criminal charges facing Emmons, he is the target of a civil law suit filed by a 27-year-old woman who lives in neighboring Douglas County. The woman, who was one of those caught on tape at Sun Swim USA, said she tanned there twice in June. In her suit, filed in Johnson County District Court, she sought damages of more than $75,000 for emotional distress, mental suffering, shame and humiliation.
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
