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A Cortez man was charged this week in District Court on suspicion of peeping into a bathroom at the Durango Welcome Center on Main Avenue.<\/p>\n
Hernando Tsosie, 39, faces one count of invasion of privacy for sexual gratification, a felony. He was being held Wednesday at the La Plata County Jail on $7,500 bail.<\/p>\n
According to police and an arrest affidavit, Tsosie looked over a bathroom stall on at least two occasions while a 9-year-old girl used the bathroom about 3:30 p.m. May 31. The girl ran out of the restroom screaming for her mother, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
The girl\u2019s father went to confront Tsosie, and found him masturbating in the women\u2019s bathroom, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
Tsosie attempted to push past the father multiple times in an attempt to leave, but the father prevented him from leaving until law enforcement arrived.<\/p>\n
The family was apparently visiting, because they were staying at a local motel, said Cmdr. Rita Warfield, with the Durango Police Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople that are hanging out and appear to be loitering for those type of purposes would be removed right away,\u201d Warfield said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think anybody really saw this person come in and go into the girl\u2019s bathroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tsosie appeared to be intoxicated at the time of his arrest, she said.<\/p>\n