Police are investigating after a woman said she found a hidden camera in a bathroom of a thrift store in Chicago over the weekend.
Around 3:30 p.m. on March 5, a 33-year-old woman was shopping at the Village Discount Outlet thrift store in Logan Square, located at 2032 N. Milwaukee Ave., when she found what appeared to be a hidden camera in the store bathroom.
Police said officers recovered the camera and an investigation remains ongoing.
The Logan Square location is one of nine Village Discount Outlet locations in Chicago, and there is also one in Chicago Heights and in Hammond, Ind.
Village Discount Outlet did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago’s request for comment.
Hidden cameras found in Chicago-area businesses have made headlines several times in recent months.
David Hansen, a chiropractor in suburban Batavia accused of secretly videotaping dozens of patients as they undressed on cameras hidden throughout his office, was indicted in late February on 76 counts related to Child Sexual Abuse Material.
In August, Steven Weisberg, the owner of ice cream shop Flavor Frenzy in Addison, was charged with two counts of child pornography and two counts of unauthorized video recording after authorities received a tip regarding what was later confirmed to be a fake electrical outlet covering a hidden camera in the bathroom of the scoop shop.
