Warrant Issued For Man Charged With Recording Up Shopper's Skirt

SKOKIE, IL — A warrant has been issued for a Lake County man who pleaded guilty last year following his arrest on charges he recorded video from underneath the skirt of a shopper at a Northbrook grocery store.

Christopher P. Krol, 26, of the 400 block of South Thornwood Drive, Lindenhurst, was arrested in 2017 on charges of unauthorized videotaping "under or through" clothes and disorderly conduct.

Police said security footage recorded on Sept. 19, 2017, at the Mariano's, 784 Skokie Blvd., showed him used a cellphone to record videos up the skirt of a woman at the store. The woman sought to press charges in connection with the incident and Krol turned himself in on the afternoon of Oct. 6, 2017.

On Feb. 21, 2018, Krol pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping the unauthorized videotaping charge and a sentence of 18 months of conditional discharge, according to court records. The terms of the sentence required him to perform 80 hours of community service, not violate any laws, not possess a gun and comply with other requirements.

According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office and court records, a judge issued a warrant on Jan. 9, 2019, for a violation of his conditional discharge. It was not clear from court documents how Krol may have violated the terms of the sentencing order, which would have been due to terminate on Aug. 8 of this year.

The warrant is enforceable in Cook and collar counties only. Should officers come into contact with Krol within the area, they are ordered to deliver him to bond court in Skokie. After his arrest, Krol must pay about $1,000 in cash bail and fees, according to the terms of the warrant.

A spokesperson for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to an inquiry as to why prosecutors sought the warrant. Krol could not be reached for comment.

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