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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Cops: Employee Set Up Peep Cam in Fitting Room

A 21-year-old sales associate was charged with illegally filming customers at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie on Jan. 14.

After admitting to officers that he was secretly video tapping customers undress in fitting rooms, Sergio Corona said it was because he heard other workers talking about thefts within the store, police said. Corona, 21, of Chicago and a former sales associate at Zara in Old Orchard Mall, was charged with illegally filming customers on Jan. 14. Corona set up his peep cam by attaching a small camera to an article of clothing left inside a fitting room, according to police. He admitted to using the camera about seven to 10 times over an 11-day span, police said. The suspect told officers he acted alone and at first, his efforts were for security reasons, or to catch customers stealing clothing. His motives would later change from security to …

Friday, June 15, 2012

Glenview Man Charged with Sex Offense at Old Orchard Mall

Shoppers reported seeing a man allegedly walking around the outdoor mall completely naked and touching himself, police said.

Timothy Francis Heffernan, 47, of the 200 block of Michael Manor Drive in Glenview, was charged with one felony count of public indecency June 12. Police responded to a complaint outside Bloomingdale’s in Westfield Old Orchard Mall after witnesses said they saw Heffernan allegedly walking around the area completely naked while touching himself, according to the police report. When officers arrived, they found Heffernan inside his SUV naked, the report said. Officers searched the vehicle and found a vibrator in the trunk, according to police. According to the report, Heffernan refused to answer police questions. He was later transported to a site near Golf Road and Waukegan where four witnesses positively identified him, police said. No …

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