UPDATE: Police have identified the suspect. NEW DETAILS HERE
An alleged peeping Tom is in police custody after a victim said he secretly recorded her changing inside a dressing room in a Montgomery County Target store.
Police confirmed Sunday they apprehended a man accused of spying on women in dressing rooms at the Target located on Old York Road in Abington Township.
Authorities have yet to release the name of the alleged peeping Tom.
One woman, who did not want to be identified, said she spotted him spying on her as she was inside the dressing room back on March 21.
“As I was picking up my clothes I noticed a pen-like instrument with a blue light,”she told NBC10 last week. “When I went to grab it, it got pulled away from me."
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The woman believes a man was using a camera to watch and record her. When she went to confront him he was already gone however.
Abington Township Police reviewed store surveillance video and said Target is cooperating with the investigation.
“The safety and security of our guests is a top priority for Target,” a spokesperson for the store said. “We take these matters very seriously and we are partnering with local law enforcement on this incident."
The woman described the man as a white male with a normal build around 35-years of age, standing 6-feet with a crewcut. She also says he was wearing a white hat.
If you have any information on this incident, please call Abington Township Police at 215-885-4450.
