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According to detectives, the boy, a 17-year-old from Bay Shore, worked at the El Coyote Loco Restaurant, located at 3543 Merrick Road n Seaford, where he concealed a cell phone in the women's bathroom pointing at a toilet and set it on record on Saturday, Nov. 30, Nassau County Police said.
Later, an 8-year-old female victim went into the bathroom and saw the phone pointing at her while using the restroom, according to police.
The manager of the restaurant was notified and called the police.
Seventh Precinct officers responded and after an investigation, the employee was placed into police custody.
Further investigation found several other female victims were also found to have been recorded by the cell phone.
The suspect, whose name has not been released due to his age, has been charged with three counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance. He will be arraigned on Sunday, Dec. 1 at First District Court in Hempstead.
Detectives are searching for the other recorded victims. Anyone who believes they may have been a victim is asked to contact Seventh Squad detectives at (516) 573-6753.
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