A Covina auto shop owner is out on bail after police say he hid cameras in a customer bathroom and held child sexual abuse material, with investigators still seeking unidentified victims.
Ontario police arrested Bryce Neighbors, 39, of Upland, the owner of Young’s Automotive in Covina, following an investigation into possession of child sexual abuse material.
Police say Neighbors planted multiple hidden cameras inside the bathroom at his shop to record unsuspecting customers. They also determined he used a hidden camera attached to a shoe to film up women’s dresses and skirts.
He was booked at West Valley Detention Center on multiple felony charges, including commercial distribution of obscene material depicting minors and possessing or controlling child sex abuse material. Neighbors posted bail on Oct. 1 and has been released.
The arrest, reported as occurring last week, puts a local business owner at the center of allegations that mix workplace voyeurism with material involving minors. Customers who walked into a routine auto shop stop may have been recorded without their knowledge.
Ontario Police Department investigators tied the hidden bathroom cameras and the shoe camera to Neighbors’ Covina business. The department describes the bathroom devices as planted to capture people who had no reason to expect they were on camera.
The shoe-camera allegation points to a second method aimed at women in ordinary public settings around the shop. Together, the claims describe deliberate recording of people who came to the business for service, not for any public spectacle.
Cases that put children in the path of sexual exploitation demand the same urgency whether they unfold at the border or in a neighborhood storefront, as seen when agents stop deported offenders trying to slip back in.
No full charging document or complete count list appears in the available reporting. What is clear is that the booked felonies include both possession or control of child sex abuse material and commercial distribution of obscene material depicting minors.
Neighbors is free after posting bail on Oct. 1. Ontario police say they are concerned additional victims have not yet been identified.
That warning matters. Hidden cameras in a business bathroom can reach anyone who used the facility, including minors if children were present with parents or caregivers. Police are asking the public to come forward.
Severe crimes against children keep surfacing in different forms nationwide, from captivity and abuse cases like the Florida charges over children held in a semi-truck to local arrests that start with a tip or a digital trail.
Anyone who believes they may have been recorded, or who has information, can contact the Ontario Police Department at 909-986-6711 or Detective Robson at 909-408-1648. Anonymous tips can go to We-Tip by calling 844-909-3006, texting “REPORT” to that number, or using wetip.com.
An arrest and a bail receipt are only the opening moves. Felony charges tied to child sex abuse material and secret recording of customers require a full court process, clear evidence, and consequences that match the harm.
Political fights over clemency and deportation of convicted offenders show how quickly accountability can fray when institutions lose their nerve, including debates over pardons for child sex offenders.
Neighbors remains the accused owner of Young’s Automotive. Police have not released a street address for the shop, a full docket list, or a confirmed tally of identified victims in the public account of the case. Those gaps leave customers and parents with unanswered questions about how long the cameras operated and who was caught on them.
Records in other states have shown how clemency boards and prosecutors weigh these files when offenders seek mercy, as documents in Minnesota illustrated in a separate pardon fight. The public standard should stay simple: protect victims first, then test every claim in open court.
Kidnapping and trafficking cases elsewhere underscore the same point, minors need aggressive policing and zero tolerance for adults who treat them as prey, including high-profile teen abduction prosecutions.
When a business bathroom becomes a secret studio and child sex abuse material enters the picture, the least communities should expect is swift investigation, honest charging, and a justice system that does not look away.
