SICK: Sex Offender Peeps Under Girl’s Bathroom Stall, Angry Dads Catch Up To Him

Registered Sex offender caught in a South Carolina Cracker Barrel, after a group of terrified young girls came out of the bathroom claiming a creepy older man had stuck his head under the stall doors to get a look at them. The Pervert tried to flee the scene only to run headlong into a group of angry dads.

A peeping Tom was caught in the women’s bathroom of a South Carolina Cracker Barrel. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)

While dining at the restaurant, the group of girls was in the women’s restroom when the peeping tom made his move. Local news station WSPA reports that a 15-year-old girl was using the toilet when she noticed something moving near her feet. To her horror, 53-year-old Douglas Lane was looking under the divider from an adjacent stall.

Immediately, the teen fled the restroom with several other distressed girls. the group was in the area due to a softball tournament. The teen rushed over and told her father, who then flagged down a female employee to order Lane out of the bathroom, according to local news outlet WYFF. Lane was caught and revealed to be a serial voyeur on the sex offender registry.

“I’ll never forget the way they looked after,” a witness said. “They were traumatized.”

Angry fathers confronted registered sex offender Douglas Lane (right) after he was caught spying on young girls in the bathroom. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)

When the father realized that his little girl had been violated by Lane, was understandably irate.  The dad’s fury erupted into violence and new customers coming into the restaurant were greeted by a bloodied man fleeing for his life.

“The guy came running, sprinting out the front door with a very bloody nose,” a witness said.

Lane attempted to escape, making a mad dash to the exit with his face covered in blood. Of course, the sight of Lane immediately caught the attention of other men in the restaurant, many of the fathers as well. Within seconds, a multitude of dads swarmed Lane, accosting him in the parking lot.

Douglas Lane tried to evade the group of angry fathers. However, he was quickly tackled to the ground by several of them, who then proceeded to detain him until the police arrived. Video footage captured the registered sex offender sitting on the lawn outside of the restaurant as a crowd of determined men surrounded him.

Lane was arrested and charged with voyeurism, possession of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. He, however, maintains his innocence. Lane claims that he didn’t know he had entered the women’s bathroom until he sat down and peeked under the stall. Police found Lane’s cell phone on the bathroom floor and collected it as evidence.

Douglas Lane
Douglas Lane has had two prior convictions and has been charged with voyeurism at least eight previous times. (Photo Credit: Spartanburg County Detention Center)

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigators confirmed that Lane was registered as a sex offender in 2008. His first conviction in North Carolina was in 2004 for secretly peeping at two children aged 8 and 9. He was also convicted of secretly peeping into another room where the victim was 18 years or older.

Lane was previously convicted of voyeurism in South Carolina as early as 1997 as well as failure to register as a sex offender in 1999. He has been charged with peeping at least eight times prior to the Cracker Barrel incident.

Douglas Lane
With so many offenses to his name, it’s unlikely that one more conviction is going to deter this serial sexual offender. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)

A bloody nose is far from what Lane truly deserves. Most Fathers would agree that if Lane hadn’t tried to flee he may have suffered far worse consequences for his actions.

Sex offenders are constantly victimizing women and children after being given every opportunity at freedom in today’s justice system. It’s safe to say that after eight previous convictions of alleged voyeurism, Lane isn’t going to stop simply because another sexual offense is added to his record.

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