46-year-old Joliet man accused of filming woman’s dress in store: NLPD

NEW LENOX, IL — A Joliet man is accused of using his cellphone to record women’s clothing at a New Lenox clothing store, police said.

On August 23, police were called to Ross, 475 E. Lincoln Highway, for a complaint of unauthorized filming after a woman told police she saw a man filming her dress with his phone.

The man, identified as 46-year-old Javier Jimenez-Bernal of Joliet, told police his phone “fell out of his hand and slid to the floor” under the woman’s dress, police reports say.

Jimenez-Bernal had police search his phone. Officers found a total of 11 videos showing the buttocks of various women under their dresses or skirts. Police said the videos made it clear that the women were unaware of the recording.

Jimenez-Bernal was charged with unauthorized videotaping and taken to the Will County Jail.