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Police: Suspect Arrested For Taking Photos Of 8-Year-Old Boy In LI Restaurant Bathroom

NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Police have arrested a man who they say took photos of an 8-year-old boy inside a bathroom of a Suffolk County restaurant.

After receiving numerous Crime Stoppers tips, police said they arrested 28-year-old Luis Flores Junior at his home Thursday morning. He was charged with second degree unlawful surveillance and will be released on bail, police said.

Police: Suspect Arrested For Taking Photos Of 8-Year-Old Boy In LI Restaurant Bathroom

Around 3:45 p.m. on May 17, police said a man leaned over a bathroom stall and took pictures with his cell phone of a boy inside Hibachi Grill on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon.

The suspect was seen on surveillance video inside the restaurant with a woman.

Suffolk County Unlawful Surveillance
Surveillance image of suspect who police say took photos of an 8-year-old boy inside a bathroom of a Suffolk County restaurant. (credit: Suffolk County Police Department)

A $5,000 reward was being offered for information that led to an arrest in the case.

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