Police have charged a former member of USC's swimming and diving team with spying on women as they showered in the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center and the Blatt P.E. Center.

According to the arrest warrant, an unidentified victim picked Mateusz Marek Kacprzak, a first-year geophysics student from Bacewicz, Poland, out of a photograph line-up last week. Kacprzak, who was attending USC on a swimming scholarship, then admitted to the crimes.

USC Sports Information Director Kerry Tharp said swimming and diving team coaches dismissed Kacprzak from the team Tuesday after he was arrested at about 2:30 p.m.

Kacprzak could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. He has been charged with peeping, a misdemeanor, and he posted bond at a hearing before a Richland County magistrate Tuesday afternoon.

State law requires people convicted of peeping, voyeurism or aggravated voyeurism to register with the S.C. Law Enforcement Division's sex offender registry every year for the rest of their lives.

USC police responded to four reports of a peeping Tom in the women's locker rooms at the Strom and the Blatt during a three-week period in late August and early September, USC spokesman Russ McKinney said.

"There were about a dozen victims that complained," McKinney said. "One of the victims has pressed the charge."

Surveillance cameras and Blatt employees first led investigators to Kacprzak early last week. McKinney said the delay in arresting the student came while USC police contacted victims and consulted the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's office about the crimes.

Juliette Muellner, program director of Relationship Violence Services with USC's Office for Sexual Health and Violence Prevention, spoke to women in classes meeting in the Blatt Tuesday and encouraged them to come forward if they've been victimized.

"Society-wise, I think we're kind of taught not to recognize the seriousness of incidents like this," she said. She added that, statistically, peeping Toms are more likely to commit other sexual crimes.