{"id":373476,"date":"2026-06-24T20:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373476\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:31:08","slug":"former-california-state-parks-supt-kevin-pearsall-accused-of-secretly-recording-lifeguards-in-mens-bolsa-chica-locker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373476\/","title":{"rendered":"Former California State Parks supt. Kevin Pearsall accused of secretly recording lifeguards in men&#8217;s Bolsa Chica locker room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. &#8212; A former California State Parks superintendent in Orange County has been released on bond after being accused of secretly recording lifeguards in a men&#8217;s locker room, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Prosecutors allege 59-year-old Kevin Pearsall placed a hidden camera in the men&#8217;s locker room at the Bolsa Chica headquarters during the summer of 2024. At least 23 victims have been identified in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;California State Parks takes these charges very seriously and has fully cooperated with law enforcement through every step of the investigation,&#8221; read a statement from the agency. &#8220;Upon being alerted to these serious criminal allegations, State Parks immediately contacted the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and requested an investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/glynn-county-georgia-secret-service-trainee-joel-lara-canvasser-accused-spying-roommate-hidden-camera-phone-charger\/18867447\/\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Service trainee accused of spying on roommate with hidden camera<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pearsall had worked for the department since 1994, but retired shortly after the California Highway Patrol served search warrants related to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said Pearsall turned himself in Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in court in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">If convicted, Pearsall could face nearly 19 years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. &#8212; A former California State Parks superintendent in Orange County has been released on bond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151446,7,9,8],"class_list":["post-373476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-151446","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}