Overview
- Schaumburg police say a call about a suspicious person around 8:30 p.m. Friday led officers to Woodfield Mall where they found a man allegedly recording a boy in a restroom stall.
- Officers arrested 54-year-old Samuel Nutt of Rolling Meadows at the scene and charged him with one count of unauthorized videotaping of a minor, a class 3 felony.
- Police say the recording was made with a personal cellphone and included video and audio of the boy urinating, but authorities have not released the victim’s age or a full account of how the incident unfolded.
- Nutt appeared for a detention hearing on Monday at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse and is due back in court on July 24, and officials have not disclosed whether he was ordered held.
- The case highlights concerns about child safety in public restrooms at large malls and may prompt scrutiny of Woodfield Mall security and how similar incidents are prevented and investigated.