Video voyeur suspect sought

POST FALLS - Despite a distinctive suspect vehicle, a male remains on the loose after allegedly slipping a phone under a Walmart changing room door with a mother and daughter, 10, inside.

"We've gotten a lot of tips, but none have panned out," Post Falls Police Capt. Greg McLean said on Friday. "We're hoping someone will be able to identify the suspect from the unique truck."

The vehicle is a newer black full-sized, four-door pickup with a suspension lift. It has a black truck box in the bed and an after-market front tube bumper with a possible winch. Police believe the truck is either a GMC or Chevrolet.

A surveillance photo of the suspect doesn't show details of his face, but he was wearing a baseball cap and dark-hooded sweatshirt.

The alleged video voyeurism case occurred in the afternoon on Feb. 7 at the Walmart on Mullan Avenue.

The mother told police that she and her daughter were in the changing room about 7 minutes when she noticed the phone.

"She did not see any hands, just the phone," the police report states. "She yelled to get the phone out and the person left. (The mother) did not see the suspect at any time."

The mother did not recognize the suspect vehicle when a detective showed a photo of it to her last week.

Police said surveillance video shows the suspect leaving the store via the west exit and running to the far north end of the parking lot to Mullan Avenue. He then walked east toward Chase Bank and back south near Walmart's garden center where his truck was parked. The truck exited onto Cecil Road.

McLean said police hope Walmart upgrades its surveillance system for clearer photos of shoplifting suspects and their vehicles.

Those with information are urged to contact Post Falls Police at 773-3517 or leave a tip at www.postfallspolice.com.