It’s not every day wives turn their husbands in to the police. Whether they’ve committed crimes against the wives themselves or others, the pattern is for women to suffer in silence or turn a blind eye.
But when one Florida woman learned that her husband may have been violating her unsuspecting friends — and even children — she took action. This wife turned her husband in to authorities to protect others from his perversion.
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The man allegedly used streaming devices to record video of his family and friends in the bathroom.
Thomas Williams Cauley Jr. is accused of filming several people without their knowledge, according to WFLA. Cauley was charged with video voyeurism in September 2023 in Bradenton, Florida. But the charges have not stopped rolling in. This time, he is being tried in Polk County. Cauley, who lived in Bradenton, allegedly hid small Wi-Fi streaming cameras inside bathrooms at the homes of his friends and family. He's accused of using the cameras to record his alleged victims, some of whom were children.
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Police say the files were labeled with names and locations.
Cauley’s wife discovered the videos when she was going through his cellphone, Rare reported. She later discovered the devices he used to record and contacted police.
Cauley’s wife left the devices with authorities. Cauley’s Dropbox account allegedly contained images and video of a bathroom at his wife’s friend’s house and one at an Airbnb. There were even cameras installed in the bathroom of his own residence, WWSB reported in September 2023.
The files were reportedly labeled with names and locations of McCauley’s victims. When police contacted one of the women in the videos, filmed during a Fourth of July party, she confirmed that she did not consent to being recorded.
Cauley is facing charges in two different counties.
Cauley was charged with five additional crimes of video voyeurism in Polk County. “Think about it — the place that you ought to have total privacy, where no one knows your business but you, and this guy invaded that environment,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told WFLA. Cauley’s attorney declined to comment on the new allegations.
Victims of voyeurism find the experience particularly traumatizing.
A judge in Polk County set Cauley’s bond at $25,000 for the additional five counts of video voyeurism. Bradenton police have asked anyone who feels they may have been a victim of Cauley’s crimes or who has more information to come forward.
Victims of voyeurism often experience psychological trauma, BNN reported. Victims may have lingering feelings of being unsafe or violated, and may remain distrusting.
