Crime & Safety

Police Hunt Fleeing 'Peeping Tom' From Chesterfield Shop

Man used cell phone to spy on fitting rooms.

Chesterfield police are looking for a male voyeur who was discovered slipping a cell phone—likely on video mode—into an occupied fitting room at Plato's Closet on Clarkson Road.

is a re-sale clothing store frequented by typically teen and 20-something shoppers of both genders. 

Apparently a women in a fitting room Tuesday saw a man's shoe slide under the partition with a cell phone balanced on it.

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Police said when the woman called him on it, he ran from the adjoining fitting room and out of the store. It was reported at 3:55 p.m. to police.

store surveillance cameras recorded his image. There was no description available from police.

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KMOV4 was in Chesterfield Wednesday at Plato's Closet reporting on the alleged " Peeping Tom" and what police described as an "invasion of privacy."

KMOV.com said store employees recognized the man who fled the fitting room, from previous visits. 

The store is located in the 1600 block of Clarkson Road, across from

If think you know or saw anything, contact Chesterfield Patch and Chesterfield police at 636-537-3000.


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