Man arrested for shooting photo under woman's skirt
Here's a helpful hint for all you amateur perverts. When you're trying to take photographs up the skirts of women, ALWAYS make certain that you have your camera's flash turned off. Of course, it also helps if you make certain that there are no police nearby- or directly behind you.
A Mineola man was arrested after taking a snapshot under a woman's skirt as she rode up an escalator in the Roosevelt Field Mall on Sunday, Nassau County police said.
Third Squad detectives said Scott D. Lyons, 31, of 366 Herricks Rd., had been standing behind an unidentified woman who was wearing a short skirt at about 3:30 p.m. when he placed a compact digital camera under the garment and took a picture.
Third Precinct Police Officers Thomas Kennedy and Glen Wachter, who were behind Lyons at the time, were alerted to the crime when the camera flashed, Det. Sgt. Richard S. Dorsi said at a news conference at police headquarters in Mineola Monday. The officers arrested Lyons once they reached the top of the escalator, which is near the Nordstrom store in the East Garden City mall. But the alleged victim disappeared into the crowd, Dorsi said.
If ever there was a reason for recognizing your garden variety DUMB@$$, Scott Lyons is it. You'd think that he'd be able to do what any other self-respecting pervert would do- download kiddie porn or hang around schoolyards. Let's hope he manages to find a new avocation- or at least one that doesn't involve escalators at shopping malls.
