Crime & Safety
Peeping Tom Secretly Recorded UES Bagel Shop Bathroom: Police
Officials said a man is suspected of recording people in a popular Second Avenue bagel store's bathroom last November.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are looking for a peeping tom who secretly recorded patrons inside an Upper East Side bagel shop bathroom, according to the NYPD.
The unidentified man placed a cell phone inside of a bathroom at 1475 Second Ave., home of the popular Pick-A-Bagel, in November, police said.
An image released Monday by police shows the man appears to be wearing a Pick-A-Bagel hat inside the store.
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A manager at the heralded bagel shop told Patch Tuesday morning that he wasn't sure if the peeping tom was a former employee, but added that the owners are fully cooperating with the NYPD in their investigation.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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