DES MOINES, Iowa —

A Des Moines man has been arrested on multiple charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and invasion of privacy.

Tyler Pavlick, 32, was booked Wednesday into Polk County Jail.

Des Moines police say they began an investigation shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 when offices were called to the Harvest & Handmade event at Water Works Park. Staff called police to report what appeared to be a recording device that had been placed in a toilet bowl of a portable toilet.

Investigators found that the camera had secretly recorded dozens of people entering and using the portable toilet, including children.

Detectives executed a search warrant this week at an East Village apartment and took Pavlick into custody. He is charged with seven counts of sexual exploitation of a

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