41-year-old man charged with drilling holes in Target changing room walls

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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Chester County man is facing dozens of charges, accused of drilling holes in the walls of changing rooms at the Target in West Pottsgrove.  

The investigation began last month when West Pottsgrove police were called to the Target in the Upland Square shopping center on Route 100 when a security officer noticed holes drilled in the walls of changing rooms and spotted the man suspected of drilling them.

That man, 41-year-old Sean Anderson, was stopped by police, who say they recovered a drill bit that was the same size as the holes.

They took his phone and got a search warrant, and they say on that phone they found 56 images of females in the changing room.

And, according to the criminal complaint, six of those appear to be juveniles.

Anderson is now charged with three felony counts of child pornography, 56 counts of invasion of privacy and three counts of creating child pornography.

Target released the following statement regarding this incident. 

"At Target, we have no tolerance for this behavior in our stores. Last month, we discovered that fitting rooms had been tampered with in several Montgomery County stores. We immediately investigated the situation, engaged the West Pottsgrove Police and provided them with video and photos of the suspect. We appreciate the support of law enforcement and will continue to provide them with whatever we can to support their investigation."