Timothy William Maness , 28 , admitted to recording young women through their bedroom windows at the University of California , Santa Cruz . A peeping tom admitted to recording young women through their bedroom windows at a California university after a victim snapped a photograph of him and posted it all over the neighborhood . Timothy William Maness , 28 , turned himself in on Thursday at the Santa Cruz Police Station . He admitted he was the man in the photographs taken by a young woman on Tuesday after he looked through her bedroom window and attempted to enter her home . Haley Woolford , 19 , said Maness removed panels from her backyard fence and walked through the gap to enter the private patio area . The University of California , Santa Cruz student spotted Maness as he opened her bedroom window and reached through it to try and enter the residence , according to police . That 's when Woolford pointed a flashlight at Maness and screamed before running out of the house to confront him . 'He realized he was caught and said some stuff , then he told me his excuse was his hat had fallen in my backyard , ' Woolford told KSBW . Woolford then yelled at Maness to get off her property and snapped five photographs of him as 'he walked away calmly , ' she said . The student made fliers with the suspect 's picture and posted them throughout the neighborhood . Police also helped distribute the fliers and the photographs were published by local media outlets . Maness admitted he was the man Haley Woolford , 19 , photographed on Tuesday after he opened her bedroom window and attempted to enter the home . Woolford ( pictured ) yelled at Maness to get off her property and snapped five photographs of him . She then made fliers with the suspect 's picture and posted them throughout the neighborhood . Police said Maness first denied that he had been peeping on Woolford but admitted after an extensive interview that he 'enjoyed video recording or photographing females from outside their residences ' . Maness was charged with burglary , stalking , peeping and video recording while peeping . Many UC Santa Cruz students live in the complex where Woolford resides and Maness had been spotted in the neighborhood before . Police had been trying to track him down for the last four to six weeks . But victims had only heard Maness or reported seeing the top of his head or lower limbs .
Timothy William Maness , 28 , turned himself in to Santa Cruz police . Admitted he was the man Haley Woolford , Tuesday , had photographed after he looked through her bedroom window on 19 . The UC Santa Cruz student said Maness opened her window and tried to get into her home . Woolford then confronted him outside her patio , where she took the photos . Police have been trying to find Maness for the last four to six weeks after a number of similar incidents .