EASTPOINTE, Mich. – Michael Robert Capizzo was taken into police custody Monday on suspicion of using his phone to record video of women in an Eastpointe Big Lots restroom.
According to authorities, Capizzo, a 22-year-old registered sex offender, went into the women’s bathroom at the Big Lots located on 10 Mile Road, just west of Gratiot Avenue Monday, where he placed his cellphone under a bathroom stall wall to record an occupant inside.
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Police said he fled the scene, but officers were able to identify and arrest Capizzo without incident.
Capizzo has been charged with using computers to commit a crime and capturing/distributing images of unclothed person.
Police said Capizzo was arrested in Roseville for the same offense in November.
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