Crime & Safety

Police: Man Took Photos of 8-Year-Old in Bathroom of N. Babylon Restaurant

Man allegedly leaned over stall to photograph the boy earlier this month.

Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man who allegedly took photos of a child in the bathroom of a North Babylon restaurant.

Police say the man pictured above leaned over a bathroom stall and took photos with a cell phone of an 8-year-old boy at Hibachi Grill, located at 1114 Deer Park Avenue, on May 17 at 3:45 p.m., police said.

The man, who was at the restaurant with a woman, was described as between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10, about 200 pounds and between 30 and 35 years old.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

A surveillance video of the incident can be seen below.

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