Granite Run Mall security nab peeping tom www.privateofficer.com
PHILADELPHIA PA July 12 2010
An alert security guard foiled a high-tech attempt to look up girls’ skirts at Granite Run Mall Saturday afternoon.
An alert security guard foiled a high-tech attempt to look up girls’ skirts at Granite Run Mall Saturday afternoon.
Police said the suspect had an innocent looking Gap shopping bag, except for a round hole cut in the front with a camera lens sticking through it.
State Police said a Granite Run security guard became suspicious after spotting a man apparently maneuvering the altered bag under the skirt of a teenage girl. The guard took a peek inside the bag and noticed a camera held in place with duct tape and cardboard.
Trooper Robert Kirby said the suspect has admitted using the camera-in-a-bag to look up the skirts of four young girls who were shopping at the mall and using his iPhone to photograph three of them.
Police have charged 32-year-old Michael Stankus of Philadelphia with invasion of privacy.
Source:KYW
