Man repeatedly watched girls change at Plymouth Ice Center, charges say
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MINNEAPOLIS – A 38-year-old man is charged for interfering with the privacy and harassment of minors while watching them in the women’s locker room at a Plymouth ice rink, according to charges filed in Hennepin County District Court.
Nan Zhang, of Plymouth, is accused of repeatedly going into the locker room over the course of three years, according to a criminal complaint signed by Plymouth Police Detective Amy Goodwin and Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Dan Allard.
Zhang is charged with felony interference with the privacy of a child under 18 years old and felony harassment of a child under 18 years old.
He was released on $50,000 bond provided he stay law abiding and have no contact with the victims.
His next court date is scheduled for May 19 in front of Judge Mark Kappelhoff.
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According to the criminal complaint:
The Plymouth Police Department received multiple complaints about an adult man being in the women’s locker room of the Plymouth Ice Center.
The department’s investigation found that similar incidents had occurred going back to 2023.
One woman reported to police that she saw the man walk into the women’s locker room while she was changing in the fall of 2023. She would have been 16 years old at the time.
Another woman reported to police that she found the man hanging around the locker room’s shower where he told her he was there to fix a shower handle.
Police did not identify the man as Zhang until September 2025 after he returned to the ice rink again.
At least five police reports were filed between 2024 and 2025 regarding Zhang’s behavior at the ice rink.
Police say there is no video evidence showing Zhang entering the locker room with a child there to play hockey or illustrating a reason to be in any of the locker rooms.
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