Rams Head Tavern Exec 'Sickened' by Peeping Tom Charges: ICYMI

The owner of the Rams Head Tavern in Savage and company president -- accused of recording women in the restaurant’s bathroom -- says he is “embarrassed and humiliated” by the criminal case.

In a statement released Thursday, The Baltimore Sun reports Kyle Muehlhauser, 37, of Severna Park, said plans to assume an administrative role within the company instead of being on-site at venues while he faces legal problems.

The Rams Head executive said he is “embarrassed and humiliated,” the Sun reports. “I am very respectful of the 25-year Rams Head tradition and am sickened this incident has caused pain for others,” he said.

Muehlhauser was charged Feb. 19 with six counts of visual surveillance with prurient (sexual) intent that occurred on May 9, 2014, according to the Howard County Police Department.

The Capital-Gazette reports Muehlhauser is the president of the Rams Head Group, which operates the nightspots in Annapolis, Savage, Hanover/Maryland Live!, Baltimore, Annapolis and Stevensville.

The investigation began last spring after a video camera fell on the floor next to a woman in the bathroom at Rams Head Tavern in Savage Mill, which Muehlhauser owns, police said.

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Surveillance video from the restaurant on Foundry Street in Savage showed a man mounting the camera in the bathroom who matched the description and clothing of the suspect from the camera’s memory card, according to the report from police.

Authorities identified the suspect as Muehlhauser and obtained lab results with DNA that matched his, according to the report.

He turned himself in to police on Thursday, Feb. 19, and was released from the Howard County Detention Center on $35,000 bond on Friday, Feb. 20, police reported.

On Feb. 24, prosecutors added six misdemeanor counts of peeping Tom violations for the same alleged incidents, the Sun reports.

Investigators notified police of Muehlhauser’s arrest in areas with additional Rams Head locations.

Muehlhauser’s next appearance is scheduled for April 9 in Howard County District Court.

Photo of Kyle Muehlhauser courtesy of Howard County Police Department.