May 23, 2025
Local News

Tinley man shot phone video under teen's dress at New Lenox Target: cops

A Tinley Park man angled his cellphone under the dress of an unwitting teen inside the New Lenox Target and recorded video of her, police said.

A New Lenox police officer was dispatched to the Target shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday to investigate a "suspicious incident," according to a statement released by the department Monday.

"The officer arrived and learned that a witness observed a male subject aim his cellphone under the dress of a teenaged juvenile inside the store," police said.

The teen was unaware that someone was recording video beneath her dress, according to police, but a friend who was with her in the Target noticed and informed her about what had happened.

The officer spoke with the teen, her friend and Target store security, police said, then located 49-year-old David Grzeslo and took him into custody in connection with the allegation.

Grzeslo, a resident of Carrick Way in Tinley Park, was transported to the New Lenox Police Department, according to the statement.

"Evidence was recovered from the store, and the offender’s cellphone, which supported the complaint made by the witness," police said in the statement.

Grzeslo was booked into the Will County jail shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday on probable cause of unauthorized videotaping of a victim younger than 18 years old, records show.

Grzeslo appeared in court Saturday morning and his bond was set at $5,000, according to jail records.

Grzeslo posted bond and was released from custody about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, records show.

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey became editor of The Herald-News in 2018. As a reporter, he covered the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and criminal investigation of her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson. He was the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year and 2014 National Press Club John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winner.