Crime & Safety

17-Year-Old Restaurant Employee Recorded Women In Bathroom: Cops

An 8-year-old girl saw a cellphone pointing at her while using the Long Island restaurant's bathroom Saturday, police say.

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SEAFORD, NY – A 17-year-old employee recorded women inside the bathroom at a Nassau restaurant, police said.

On Saturday night, an 8-year-old girl was using the bathroom at El Coyote Loco at 3543 Merrick Road in Seaford when she she saw a phone pointed at her, according to Nassau Police.

The manager of the restaurant was notified and called police. Seventh Precinct officers responded and after an investigation, a 17-year-old male who works at the restaurant was arrested.

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Multiple other female victims were also found to have been recorded by the teen's cellphone, police said.

Police did not release the employee's name. He was charged as a juvenile with second degree unlawful surveillance, a class E felony. He was due to arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Detectives are searching for the other people who were recorded by the cellphone at El Coyote Loco. If you believe you may have been a victim, contact Seventh Squad detectives at 516-573-6753.

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