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Woman spots phone in bathroom stall, prompting man’s arrest, Arizona police say

A 27-year-old man is accused of recording a woman with his phone in a bathroom stall at a Phoenix, Arizona, trailhead, police said.
A 27-year-old man is accused of recording a woman with his phone in a bathroom stall at a Phoenix, Arizona, trailhead, police said.

A woman using the restroom at an Arizona trailhead noticed a cellphone pointing at her from below the wall between stalls, police told news outlets.

The woman told her husband, who confronted the 27-year-old Minnesota man in the adjacent stall, KNXV reported.

When police arrived, they found videos of two women in the restroom at South Mountain on the man’s phone, KPNX reported. He told authorities that he shares the phone with his friends.

Police arrested Matthew Nordquist on Monday, Jan. 3, on suspicion of surreptitious recording, the Arizona Police Department said in a statement.

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This story was originally published January 5, 2022 at 4:05 PM with the headline "Woman spots phone in bathroom stall, prompting man’s arrest, Arizona police say."

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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