Bryce Neighbors
Introduction
Bryce Neighbors is a 39-year-old Upland, California, man who owns Young’s Automotive, an auto repair shop in Covina, California. On September 30, 2026, he was arrested by the Ontario Police Department on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, and investigators say hidden cameras planted at his shop recorded customers and other victims without their knowledge. He was booked on multiple felony counts and released on bail the following day.
Background Information
Neighbors operated Young’s Automotive in Covina, in Los Angeles County’s San Gabriel Valley, and lived in Upland in San Bernardino County, where police responded to the North Palm Avenue address that led to his arrest. The shop was a settled local business with a public profile: a diagnostic technician at Young’s Automotive was nationally recognized as the 2025 Master Technician of the Year by Mitchell 1 and ASE just last December, a distinction coverage cited as evidence of the shop’s standing in the community before the allegations against its owner surfaced.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Charged, not adjudicated. The claims in this section come from Ontario Police Department statements and inmate records as described in press coverage. Neighbors was booked on felony complaints and posted bail; nothing here is a finding of guilt, and no arraignment had been reported in the coverage when this page was last updated. He is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
The investigation began on the afternoon of September 30, 2026, when Ontario police responded to the 1200 block of North Palm Avenue in Upland to investigate allegations involving the possession of child sexual assault material. During that investigation, detectives determined Neighbors had “numerous videos of child sexual abuse material,” police said. Detectives separately discovered multiple hidden cameras had been placed inside the bathroom at Young’s Automotive to record unsuspecting victims, and that Neighbors is accused of using a hidden camera attached to his shoe to record under victims’ dresses. He was arrested that day in the 1200 block of North Palm Avenue in Upland on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material following an ongoing investigation, the Ontario Police Department said in a statement.
He was booked at the West Valley Detention Center on multiple felony charges, including commercial distribution of obscene material depicting minors and possessing or controlling child sex abuse material. He posted bail and was released on October 1, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department inmate records show. Ontario cops said they are concerned there are additional victims who have not been identified.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The case became public on October 8–10, 2026, as KTLA, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Post reported the arrest and the hidden-camera allegations; KTLA’s report carried the Ontario Police Department’s booking photo of Neighbors. Ontario police publicly urged anyone who may have been a victim or has information to come forward, releasing a tip line and a We-Tip anonymous channel — a signal detectives believe there may be more victims who have yet to be identified. The allegations attach to Neighbors personally: the reports did not name the shop’s employees as suspects, and the 2025 Master Technician of the Year award cited in coverage belonged to an employee, not to him. The hidden-camera allegations have nonetheless attached to the business’s name, which every press account identifies alongside the accusations.
Current Status
Neighbors is out on bail after his October 1 release from the West Valley Detention Center. The criminal case is pending: no arraignment date had been publicly reported as of October 10, 2026, and no conviction has been entered against him. The Ontario Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing as detectives continue working to identify potential victims. Anyone who may have been a victim or has information on the case is urged to call the Ontario Police Department or Detective Robson; anonymous tips can be provided through We-Tip.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The arrest puts the future of Neighbors’s ownership of Young’s Automotive in doubt, with the felony complaint — commercial distribution of obscene material depicting minors and possession of child sexual abuse material — now the first thing press accounts attach to the shop’s name. Detectives’ search for additional victims continues, meaning the legal exposure could widen as more victims or footage are identified. Until the case is adjudicated, the felony charges remain allegations, and Neighbors has not publicly entered a plea.
Sources
- New York Post, “Sick Covina business owner accused of creepy bathroom tactic to perv on customers,” Oct. 10, 2026, source
- KTLA, “Southern California business owner accused of recording victims through hidden bathroom cameras,” Oct. 8, 2026, source
- Los Angeles Times, “SoCal business owner allegedly hid cameras in bathroom — and his shoe,” Oct. 9, 2026, source
- Hoodline, “Upland Man Accused of Hidden Camera Recordings in Covina,” Oct. 2026, source