Not all heroes wear capes. But some heroes, it seems, shop at Target.
A surveillance video is making the rounds after it shows one seriously creepy dudes snapping upskirt photos of girls … and then paying the price.
It was a father, out shopping with his daughter, who noticed what the man was up to and took action. Take a look:
On Wednesday, August 1, 29-year-old Jorge A. Ibarra Jr. was arrested.
The arrest was over "suspicion of invasion of privacy," which seems like a major understatement after you watch this video and hear the story of what went down.
See, surveillance photos appear to have captured him snapping "upskirt" photos of girls, some of whom were minors, at a Target store in Cypress, California.
If you"re not familiar, "upskirts" are what they sound like — a man takes pictures up a skirt, hoping for a glimpse at a girl"s thighs and underwear and any potential glimpse of their butt or genitals that might come with it.
Upskirting is gross, it"s predatory, it"s a nightmarish invasion of privacy, and, in this case, it will get you tackled in a Target store.
Ismael Duarte is the hero of the hour.
He was shopping with his 15-year-old daughter on Tuesday, July 1 while Ibarra was allegedly on the prowl.
According to Duarte, he noticed that something was odd about Ibarra"s behavior.
It sounds like it didn"t take long before he realized that the man was (allegedly) snapping upskirt photos of unsuspecting women, including his own daughter and another girl.
Duarte leapt into action, chasing and tackling Ibarra, who fled the store.
"My daughter, and the girl that actually was getting their picture taken without her being known," Duarte says. "That’s what got me"
The surveillance video appears to show Duarte kicking the man"s phone away and then chasing the man, confronting him, and perhaps pushing him.
The man, later identified as Ibarra (who looks 46 and not 29; we don"t know what that"s about), flees from Target.
Duarte gave chase.
Though Ibarra did get away, Duarte was able to snap a photo of the man in his car.
Duarte provided his photo and a description of what happened to the police.
Though he wishes that he had somehow been able to do more, Duarte says that he did not appreciate Target"s security team"s inaction during the confrontation.
"All they did was stand behind," Duarte laments. "And that"s very disappointing."
Target released a statement, affirming that "the safety and security of our guests is very important to us and we have no tolerance for this behavior in our stores."
"Immediately upon learning of these recent incidents," Target continues. "Our teams called police to investigate and shared video footage with them."
Target concludes: "We will continue to help law enforcement in any ways that we can be of support to their investigation."
Ibarra was arrested and booked at Orange County jail on $ 25,000 bail.
It may be tempting for some individuals to dismiss upskirt photos as a hobby of perverts.
But there are victims — the women involved.
There are plenty of moral and legal rationales saying that a person has the right to record video of anything that they can see in a public place (though sharing that video is another matter), but upskirts are not part of public view.
That"s someone peeking inside someone else"s clothing. In this case, it sounds like at least one of the alleged victims was a minor.
Good for Duarte and the police for taking action.
