NJ man pleads guilty to secretly recording in Planet Fitness, Wawa bathrooms

HAMILTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- A South Jersey man will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to invasion of privacy charges.

Investigators say 23-year-old Daniel Zhang secretly recorded people in men's bathrooms at a Mays Landing Planet Fitness and a local Wawa.

They say he recorded his victims by standing in the bathroom stall and reaching the cell phone up to the top of the stall barriers.

On September 16, Hamilton Township police responded to the Planet Fitness on Black Horse Pike after one victim reported Zhang for trying to record him.

Police say they discovered dozens of videos on his phone, which were taken between May and September 2024.

According to the arrest affidavit, Zhang admitted to recording one victim at least one other time. He also allegedly said that attraction is what makes him want to record them.