Pitt student charged after being accused of filming a female student and attempting to take photos of her in a bathroom on campus

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A male University of Pittsburgh student is facing charges after police confirm he admitted that he tried to take photos of a female student while in a bathroom stall on campus.According to a criminal complaint, police were called to Panther Central, the 24-hour service center on Pitt’s main campus, on Monday just before 7 p.m. for reports of a student being filmed inside the women’s bathroom. The female victim told police thattwenty-one-year-old Yichao Gan followed her into abathroom and made an attempt to film her with his cellphone. The incident was said to have occurred inside the women’s restroom on the ground floor of Benedum Hall. Gan faces charges of harassment and invasion of privacy.