Hidden camera found in bathroom of Newark, Delaware real estate office

NEWARK, Delaware (WPVI) -- Authorities say a camera has been found hidden inside a women's restroom at a Delaware realtor's office.

News outlets report a Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate employee called police Monday to report finding the camera at a Newark office.
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Police say the restroom is in an area that is sometimes open to the public.

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Lt. Andrew Rubin says the seized camera doesn't appear to have been connected to a network or the internet.
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He says authorities are now looking through the camera's contents to see what, if anything, was captured.

In 2015, a former University of Delaware doctoral candidate was sentenced to prison for hiding cameras in restrooms across Newark and the school. In 2017, another man was sentenced to prison for planting a hidden camera in a Moe's restaurant restroom.



Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Lt. F. Nelson at (302) 366-7100 extension 3119.