Man charged after recording teenage girl in Pickering mall change room: police

PICKERING, Ont. — A 35-year-old man is charged with voyeurism after a girl spotted a cellphone recording her in a change room at a clothing store.

Durham Regional Police say the 14-year-old girl was in a change room at a mall in Pickering, Ont., east of Toronto, when she saw a cellphone being pointed up at her from the adjacent room.

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She yelled to get the attention of store staff and they confronted a man, who fled the store but was followed by a witness who was able to provide a licence plate to investigators.

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The incident occurred late Saturday afternoon and police say an officer spotted the vehicle a short time later in nearby Oshawa, and a suspect was arrested without incident.

The man has been released from custody with conditions after being charged with voyeurism, making child pornography, and failure to comply with a probation order.