US man accused of placing hidden camera in grocery store restroom

A female employee had gone into the store’s public restroom and found what appeared to be a camera plugged into an electrical outlet above the sink. She unplugged the device and called the manager to the store. — Photo by Jahongir ismoilov on Unsplash

EMERSON, Nebraska: An Emerson man has been arrested on felony charges after a hidden camera was found in a public restroom at the Northeast Nebraska grocery store where he worked.

Miguel Vazquez, 21, is charged with three counts of unlawful intrusion, a class IV felony.

According to an arrest affidavit filed in Dakota County Court, Emerson police were dispatched to Post 60 Market, 109 N. Main Street, at 6.58pm on Oct 21.

A female employee had gone into the store’s public restroom and found what appeared to be a camera plugged into an electrical outlet above the sink. She unplugged the device and called the manager to the store.

She and Vazquez told police they didn’t know anything about the device, but thought it had been in the bathroom since the previous Sunday, the affidavit stated. Police collected the device as evidence. It was confirmed to be a hidden video recording device.

At 7.47am Saturday, the store’s manager called police. He told them that Vazquez admitted to being the one who had placed the hidden camera in the bathroom. Vazquez was then arrested at his home and taken to the Dakota County Jail. – Sioux City Journal, Iowa/Tribune News Service