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A North Carolina man has lost his position volunteering at an elementary school after he was discovered on camera taking an upskirt video of a customer at Target.
Thomas Elliott, 21, was dramatically arrested at a Target in the city of Greenville on Monday afternoon after being seen crouching down by a woman wearing a skirt.
He was seen on camera placing his cellphone on the floor of the store to take video up a female customer's black outfit.
Another person shopping at the Target began filming him after she started to believe he was following the woman around the store.
Elliott is seen on camera continuing to put his phone on the floor to film the female customer.
A North Carolina man has lost his position volunteering at an elementary school after he was discovered on camera taking an upskirt video of a fellow customer at a local Target
Thomas Elliott, 21, was arrested at a Target in the city of Greenville on Monday afternoon
He was seen on camera placing his cellphone camera on the floor of the Target to take video up a female customer's skirt
The woman filming Elliott eventually posted the video to social media, which ended with Elliott being arrested.
When cops detained Elliot, he 'denied any wrong doing and showed us (police) the recent pictures he had on his cellphone.'
Authorities arrested the man, charged him and obtained a search warrant for his cell phone to try and find any inappropriate photos of children.
They are looking for 'deleted information that may be recovered via a forensic examination,' according to WITN.
Police say they have yet to discover anything inappropriate involving children on the phone.
The woman filming Elliott eventually posted the video to social media, which ended with Elliott being arrested
Authorities arrested the man, charged him and obtained a search warrant for his cell phone to try and find any inappropriate photos of children
The man volunteers at Eastern Elementary School in Greenville, but a spokesperson for the county schools says they will likely not be having him back
Elliott was released after posting a $5,000 bond and had his first court appearance on Tuesday.
The man volunteers at Eastern Elementary School in Greenville, but a spokesperson for the county schools says they will likely not be having him back.
'We are disturbed and deeply concerned by video footage of the individual that has been shared on social media and news outlets, and based on the footage, the individual will not be returning to our campuses as a volunteer or hired as an employee,' said Tom McClellan, Pitt County Schools spokesman.
McClellan added that volunteers and visitors are run through a screening program that finds out if they are on any lists of sex offenders before hiring.
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