Crime & Safety

Man Takes Photos Inside Women's Dressing Room (ICYMI)

Police say the victims saw him hold a cell phone over the dressing room wall.

Editor's note: This article was originally posted earlier this week.

ARLINGTON, VA -- Police are searching for a suspect after a man was caught snapping photos over a women's dressing room wall at an Arlington business.

Police were called to the 4700 block of Columbia Pike at around 7:19 p.m. on Jan. 28 to a report of a peeper, according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

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"Upon arrival, it was determined that the female victims were inside the dressing room at a business when they observed a male suspect holding a cell phone over the dressing room wall and allegedly taking photos," the report states. "The victims confronted the suspect and informed him they were calling police, which prompted him to flee the business prior to police arrival."

Police described the suspect as follows: "tall, thin black male, approximately 5’11”-6’0”, with dreadlocks, a black beard, chipped teeth with a gap in the center, wearing a long black jacket, light khaki pants, white headphones, and black and white sneakers."

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