Man Accused Of Peeking At Woman In Restroom At Medical Campus

A 29-year-old man was arrested after a woman said he peeked at her while she was using a restroom at Medical Campus on Feb. 9. 

Rishard Parsons was charged with voyeurism, disrupting an educational institution and fleeing and eluding a police officer—two misdemeanors and a felony, respectively. 

According to a City of Miami police report, Parsons looked underneath a stall as a woman was “naked and using the toilet.” Two other women said they saw the suspect run out of the restroom while the victim was still inside.

A police officer who was working at the campus on an off-duty capacity responded to the incident at 4:40 p.m. 

When the officer got to the women’s restroom he announced he was going in and as Parsons exited the stall, he said he “was confused” and used the women’s restroom “by mistake,” according to reports by Local 10 and NBC 6 News. 

After being asked to stand in the hallway, Parsons fled the scene. 

The suspect took off toward the northwest entrance/exit gate, but the officer cut him off and commanded him to stop, the report said. Parsons then ran southbound through the hallway and exited the southwest entrance/exit gate. 

A foot pursuit ensued and a perimeter was set up. Parsons was detained by an officer at the corner of northwest eighth avenue and northwest 18 terrace. He was taken to Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. 

According to the police report, Parsons is homeless and is not a Miami Dade College student. Surveillance footage shows him entering the campus “several times without cause.”

The Reporter reached out to Marie Bernardin, the dean of students at Medical Campus, and Public Safety Chief Sharon Smith several times, but they didn’t provide a comment concerning the incident.

To report any public safety issues at the Medical Campus, students can call (305) 237-4100. 

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