Charge: Sex offender watched neighbor through peep holes
HOQUIAM, Wash. -- Prosecutors have charged a man accused of drilling holes in a neighbor's ceiling and watching her from above.
Kevin Voss, a registered sex offender, had allegedly gained access into the crawlspace above his neighbor's apartment.
That neighbor, who only wished to be identified as "Sally," said it was her cats who drew her attention to the holes in her ceiling.
"My cats all went in the kitchen, and they were looking up at the ceiling. And when I looked up, I saw somebody walking across the ceiling. And I could hear them walking," she said.
Voss and his roommate admit to climbing up to the crawlspace, drilling holes in the ceiling of her bedroom and watching her from above as she slept. The incident in question occurred at approximately 3 a.m. on Jan. 31.
"I heard a noise up there. And when I hit the ceiling, one of them fell. And the other got scared, and jumped out a hole and ran down the stairs," she said. "And when I opened the door, I saw the back of Kevin going around the corner."
Voss was arrested a few days later.
His roommate told investigators both men sexually gratified themselves as they peeped through holes, according to court documents.
"I don't like it. It's creepy. It's gross," said Sally. "And it ain't over yet ... It's scarred me for life."
Sally says what's particularly hurtful is that she had been acquainted with Voss for several years, but never knew he was a registered sex offender.
Voss pleaded not guilty to a voyeurism charge on Monday, and is being held on $25,000 bail. His roommate has not been charged.
Kevin Voss, a registered sex offender, had allegedly gained access into the crawlspace above his neighbor's apartment.
That neighbor, who only wished to be identified as "Sally," said it was her cats who drew her attention to the holes in her ceiling.
"My cats all went in the kitchen, and they were looking up at the ceiling. And when I looked up, I saw somebody walking across the ceiling. And I could hear them walking," she said.
Voss and his roommate admit to climbing up to the crawlspace, drilling holes in the ceiling of her bedroom and watching her from above as she slept. The incident in question occurred at approximately 3 a.m. on Jan. 31.
"I heard a noise up there. And when I hit the ceiling, one of them fell. And the other got scared, and jumped out a hole and ran down the stairs," she said. "And when I opened the door, I saw the back of Kevin going around the corner."
Voss was arrested a few days later.
His roommate told investigators both men sexually gratified themselves as they peeped through holes, according to court documents.
"I don't like it. It's creepy. It's gross," said Sally. "And it ain't over yet ... It's scarred me for life."
Sally says what's particularly hurtful is that she had been acquainted with Voss for several years, but never knew he was a registered sex offender.
Voss pleaded not guilty to a voyeurism charge on Monday, and is being held on $25,000 bail. His roommate has not been charged.
I think that is messed up to say that they admitted to it considering they didn't admit to anything hes pleading not guilty and isn't there such a thing as innocent until proven guilty and um btw.... just to let everyone know we have plenty of people who were at the house in august when my car got broken into while parked there and I had to call the police and make a police report that woman came down stairs and was talking about how there's plaster and white stuff all over her bed and dresser so explain to me ppl how if that happened in august then why is she accusing them now of this instead of back then she has stated in front of me and a lot of other ppl that she doesn't like him so um ya ppl lets see two and two together make a conclusion and besides ppl we have talked to several of the neighbors and they all say the same thing as us how can he do it when he has to take sleeping pills at night and so he isn't up past 1030 at the latest.... pluse they have also said that the butterflied brothers have been there and have been trying to get ahold of crow bars to break in to her apartment and stuff maybe u can investigate like reporters are supposed to do before saying stuff that isn't true and get all the facts and ppl this is freedom of speech I have a right to say this so I hope that they don't try deleting this cus a lot of other news people don't like when I post this info and contradict what they say....
Oh get real. Everybody is so uptight you forgot that young men have been trying to figure out how to spy on the hot neighbor girl for millennia. You all say it's gross, he should be mutilated or executed, or at least raped in prison. Puhleeze, you laughed yourself silly when you watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High. : D Guys, don't pretend you didn't think of it too when you lived next door to (insert hot chick's name). Â
 @dontneedheels You cannot be serious... if you are somehow married or have a mrs... would you want some sicko entering your space and spying on your wife?...the crawl space is above her unit and if you ask me this flirts with breaking and entering!
 @dontneedheels Go ahead and speak for yourself all you want, but don't seriously try to speak for everyone else here!
 @dontneedheels Uh, no.
@dontneedheels Its one thing to see it in the movies, but its quite another to actually do it in real life. I cannot believe you actually think this is ok. That is disturbing on so many levels.
That is messed up. Hopefully since he is already a sex offender they will throw the book at him!
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Maybe call pest control next time..... A good exterminator can be priceless to rid your home of pests......
@Funky-Munky Or spray a little Raid in the holes.....
This is low life haven where they lived you can always tell. The woman has a cig in one hand a a cell phone in the other. Not saying she isn't a victim just making a comment.
His roommate told investigators both men sexually gratified themselves as they peeped through holes, according to court documents.Â
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How old are these 2 guys?? Go get a dirty mag and go into the bathroom or something if your that sexually unbalanced. Drilling a hole in your neighbors ceiling and jerking off  while watching her walk around is just F-D up.Â
For the record, they were in the attic, not the "crawl space", a crawl space is under the house, not above. jus sayin.Â
 @Asa Technically, they're both crawl spaces. I know this 'cause I have to crawl in both.
 @Asa Actually, as a person who has worked in "crawl spaces", there are upper and lower crawl spaces. The upper crawl is in your attic, the lower crawl is under your house.
Those cats deserve catnip for sure! Thank goodness she pays attention to what her cats are doing and they alerted her to what was not right. Hope they throw the book at that guy - what he did is such an invasion and I'm sure it will be hard for Sally to recover from it.
@tats76 Sally isn't going to recover from it,, she has already dispositioned herself to being scarred for life..
While I feel for the victim, she does need to recognize that there is no need to be "scarred" by this unfortunate incident. She should move on, and learn from it. Treat it as a creepy learning experience..
As for the pervs...Throw the book at them... In fact, make a new book... with steel pages, and throw that one at them.. There is no excuse for this behavior..
Good thing she has cats, which noticed it.. (but how can you miss holes in your ceiling?)
@Mr. H It will take some time, but I'm sure she'll get over it. Its one thing to be victimized like this in a public place, its another thing altogether if it happens in your own home. If I was her, I'd probably move -- if anything to get a fresh start.
 @Mr. H True, but how often do you stare at your ceiling and where was this hole? If it was near a light fixture, that could make it hard to see. Or, if the color of your ceiling is anything but white, that also might make it difficult to notice something off.
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And agreed - I think she will be able to move on from this, but the creep factor is still off the chart.
You know, it really just does not really get anymore sick than this right here!
 @Zoso Unfortunately, Hollywood and Television movies make this kind of behavior seem common place and even "normal". The movies are funny, popular and even are shown in "edited" formats on TV today. Movies like Porky's, Stripes, Van Wilder and TV shows like Lost Girl, Vampire Diaries and many more. It makes me shudder to think that many people can't tell the difference between fictional stories and acceptable behaviors.
 @RTNavy Well there is a much better solution for this. It's called parenting!
Thank heavens for the cats! Otherwise I'm sure he would have gone on to worse things. I'm sure her blood ran cold when she saw the cats alerting and realized there was someone up there! And two of them together? How does that one go...how does that conversation start? I feel sorry for her. She will be forever creeped out.
Now lets all remember folks. Sex offenders and child molesters have rights too. Thats why its called the "Criminal" Justice system. Justice for the criminals, good luck to the rest of ya!
Sex offenders cannot be cured or rehabilitated so why do they get chance after chance to re-offend?
I was there when we heard them walkin in the attic.
Revenge of the Nerds scene comes to mind.
@KOMOtose I was thinking Fast TImes At Ridgemont HIgh. Â : D
 @dontneedheels  @KOMOtose And Porky's.
I feel bad for this lady, what a creepy disgusting thing to endure. He and his friend need to go away for a long time. Go to a peep show and leave us ladies alone!
Why are the lawâs not enforced?
@lavaG Ummm, that's exactly what is happening here...
Oh, what a couple of sickos.
I hope the warden tosses him in with the sodomites.
What the freak?
they should have neutered him long time ago.
Mom must be proud.
@swan They probably spied on their moms too.
It's sad too. How does someone sink to this level? The mental health "missing link" aspect is what fascinates me? Why people feel intruding on others privacy is ok, why they think shooting a rival is ok, why do they feel scamming the elderly is ok, why they thing shooting up a mall-theater-school is ok....why can't our scientist-mental-health-genius population come up with some answers as to "WHY?" What goes wrong in these people's lives that leads them down these self-destructive paths? I would be horrified and offended if something like this happened to me, but I also feel sorry for two young men who thought, in whatever twisted way, that it was ok to take this perversion and deem it acceptable only to terrify someone else and throw their lives away in the process.Â
Lot of sick people out there.
Just another Liberal voter of the Anthony Wiener, Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, Jim McGreevey, John Edwards, Elliot Spitzer-style.
Remember, don't be judgemental. It's not nice to criticize anyone's "kink".
 @Attila You seem to have forgotten the following Republicans' sex scandals: Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Rudy Giuliani, Marc Souder, Mark Foley, Newt Gingrich, Bob Packwood, Ken Calvert, Herman Cain, David Vitter, Charlie Crist... just to name a few.
@Illuminati @Attila LOL, my brother told me after the Larry Craig fiasco the following Halloween, people dressed as toilet stalls with tapping foots for the West Hollywood parade ROFL
 I mean really? who does stuff like that??
@missyk Lol -- ever see Fast TImes At Ridgemont High? You don't know much about young men...
How can that be fun? I just do not get it? Do these creeps work, or are they on the disability train?
@missyk What? Why can't they be at home at the same time as her?
Creeps, deviates, ugh.
And the roommate has not been charged because???
If Kevin Voss is a registered sex offender, why isn't he on any of the sex offender registries I checked? I checked the Washington State registry AND the National Sex Offender Database. There is NO ONE by the name of Kevin Voss on either list.
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KOMO, why does it say he is a REGISTERED sex offender, but he's not?
@Tattooed_Angel The registered sex offenders u c on those lists are those who are level 2 or 3 or transiant. Kevin is a level 1. Level 1 sex offenders do not get listed on the internet.
 @Tattooed_Angel level 1 offenders are not available to see online. Once he is convicted they will raise his registry to a level 2 or 3 and he will be listed online.
Really? I didn't know that level 1 didn't show up online. Thanks for the info.
 @Tattooed_Angel It would also explain why his neighbor didn't know. They don't send out notices for level ones either. Level 1's generally dont commit big crimes though (voyeur, public exposure, statuatory, etc) for their first crime.Â