Bail Amount Set $100,501 for Phony Photographer who Turns Self In, from Bail Bondsman in Lakewood | Long Beach | Van Nuys | Palmdale | Los Angeles

Los Angeles - A South Los Angeles man accused of posing as a magazine photographer to grope young women turned himself in today, police said.


Keith Nichols, 22, allegedly told several young women he was a photographer for Vibe Magazine, and they agreed to let him "measure" their most intimate body parts for "custom-fitted underwear," Capt. Blake Chow of the Los Angeles Police Department said earlier.


Nichols told the women that if their measurements were right, they could get a modeling job for Vibe Magazine, Chow said.

The women realized they had "been duped when Nichols never returned phone calls," he said.

Nichols, who has worked as a security guard and lived in Compton, turned himself in to police around 1 this afternoon, and bail was set at $1000,501, according to jail records.

"The `measuring' sessions often occurred spontaneously in secluded, public places, where Nichols used a measuring tape as a prop," Chow said. "While none of the woman recalled him taking photographs, Nichols did touch the women's bare breasts and groins with his hands.

"These crimes amount only to a misdemeanor at this point, but the potential for a more serious crime is there," Chow said earlier. "We don't know how many women Nichols has approached, how many have submitted, or if he has committed more serious crimes."



"The lure of Hollywood and a big career in modeling blinded these girls from reality," Chow said. "That's what con artists rely on."

Nichols currently has the existing open charge as well as a warrant, we will provide more information on his bail or case information as it comes in.
 

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