Man hid camera in Frick Pittsburgh bathroom, police say
Pittsburgh police are looking for a man suspected of hiding a camera inside a city museum’s bathroom to spy on museum-goers.
The man is believed to have taken “multiple pictures and video of victims (ranging) from children to senior citizens” at The Frick Pittsburgh on South Homewood Avenue in Point Breeze, officials said in a news release
Pittsburgh police were not immediately available Thursday afternoon for comment.
A member of The Frick’s house-cleaning staff discovered the camera when cleaning the restroom in late July, Elizabeth Barker, executive director of The Frick Pittsburgh, told the Tribune-Review.
“Of course, we were absolutely horrified someone would do that,” Barker said.
The museum staff immediately contacted Zone 4 police, she added.
“We found the device and we weren’t sure what it was,” Barker said. “We reached out to the police and they took it very seriously.”
Police are asking for the public's help to identify this male suspected of hiding a camera in a restroom at The Frick Pittsburgh (217 S. Homewood Avenue).
Multiple pictures & video of victims range from children to senior citizens.
Info? Call Zone 4 detectives at 412-422-6520. pic.twitter.com/k6rDxfnNdQ
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) October 27, 2022
Barker said she did not recognize the man believed to be installing the camera in some captured images. He is not a member of The Frick Pittsburgh’s staff. Barker also said she was not aware of the images or video captured on the device.
Anybody with information is asked to call Zone 4 detectives at 412-422-6520.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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