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Nassau Man Installed Hidden Camera In Women's Bathroom: Police

Police say the man secretly recorded more than a dozen women.

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Nassau County police say Shezad Asif installed a camera in a women's bathroom in Levittown and used it to record more than a dozen women.
Nassau County police say Shezad Asif installed a camera in a women's bathroom in Levittown and used it to record more than a dozen women. (Nassau County Police Department)

LEVITTOWN, NY — An Elmont man was arrested on Tuesday after police say it was discovered he had installed a camera in a women's bathroom in Levittown.

According to police, a woman entered the bathroom at Hunter Business School, located at 3601 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. She saw what she thought was a cell phone charger plugged into the wall next to the toilet. As she was leaving, the woman looked at the cable and saw there was a camera lens and a slot for a SD card.

The police were notified. Police say their investigation led them to Shehzad Asif, 37, of Kingston Street, Elmont. He was arrested without incident.

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Asif is charged with 13 counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.

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