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Serial Peeping Tom accused of recording teen in Kroger bathroom

By WHIO Staff
By WHIO Staff

CENTERVILLE — A serial peeper has once again been charged with voyeurism, but this time he’s been hit with a felony.

Harold Rimblert III is accused of recording a 15-year-old while she was using the bathroom at a Kroger in Centerville.

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Rimblert has more than 30 of these types of charges, and the woman News Center 7′s Kayla McDermott talked to said she is still scarred from when he took pictures of her and cannot imagine what this teenager is going through.

“I was afraid, he grabbed me and raped me, and I’m getting choked up just talking about it,” said Joyce, one of Rimblert’s many victims.

She went to use the public restroom at Lowes one day when she says Rimblert followed her inside.

“Under the stall door I saw a face of a man,” Rimblert said.

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This is similar to what police say happened to a teenager at Kroger last month.

“An individual had come into the restroom and began apparently recording or taking pictures of her from under the stall next to her,” said Centerville Police Officer Keith Wallace.

In the statement of facts, it breaks down what the 15-year-old said happened.

She saw Rimblert leave the family bathroom and passed him on her way to the empty women’s bathroom.

While in the stall, she heard the bathroom door open and someone enter the stall next to her, then silence.

That silence broke with her scream when she says she saw a man’s hands holding a phone tilted up pointing at her on the toilet from the ground of the stall next to her. The man then left the bathroom and that’s when the teen left for help.

“Thank God nothing else happened. That’s bad enough. Bless her heart. I feel so sorry for her,” Joyce said.

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Police picked up Rimblert not far from the Kroger and checked his phone.

Wallace said there was some evidence located on the phone.

“You’re so vulnerable. You’re in the bathroom. You’re half undressed, I was wearing slacks. And then there’s a man taking pictures of you,” Joyce said.

Joyce Feels for all of the victims who have been dealing with this for years.

“It’s like a revolving door for him,” Joyce said.

She is relieved Rimblert could be doing more time than he has in the past. Since he is now accused of recording a minor, it is a fifth-degree felony that brings a maximum of one year in prison.

“12 months doesn’t even seem like long enough. But he definitely needs some intensive therapy,” Joyce said.

The Greene County Prosecuting Attorney told News Center 7 Rimblert will be going in front of a grand jury as early as tomorrow. His previous charges will be taken into consideration.

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Rimblert III, Harold (08/06/1983) Rimblert III, Harold (08/06/1983) - Held in custody of Greene County Jail with booking number 2400000048 on 01/05/2024 at 4:34 PM. Fifth Degree Felony - Voyeurism (Pending); (Greene County Jail)

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