Man briefly jailed in Bolingbrook IKEA restroom video recording case

A Chicago man was briefly jailed in a case in which he is facing charges in connection with the unauthorized video recording of a woman and trying to record another woman at an IKEA in Bolingbrook.

About 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Marcus Carson, 29, of Chicago, was booked into the Will County jail on a $50,000 bond for making an unauthorized video recording of a woman and trying to record another woman with his cellphone at IKEA, 750 E. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook.

Carson was released about 7 p.m. the same day after he posted 10% of his $50,000 bond.

The charges against Carson were the result of a Bolingbrook Police Department investigation of a Sept. 9 incident at IKEA.

Officers responded to a complaint regarding a man recording in the women’s restroom, Bolingbrook police Lt. Anthony Columbus said.

A 39-year-old female victim told officers that while using the restroom, she saw a man place his phone under the stall and try to record her, Columbus said.

Carson denied video recording the woman and provided his phone to officers, Columbus said. He was released pending further investigation.

“An analysis of the phone was conducted, and it was determined the phone was used for unauthorized recording. An additional victim was also located from information on the phone,” Columbus said.

After the police investigation, Carson was charged with four counts of felony burglary, felony unauthorized video recording and misdemeanor attempt of unauthorized video recording.

The criminal complaint alleged that Carson committed burglary by entering a restroom inside IKEA with the intent to commit unauthorized video recording.

Carson was further accused in the complaint of making a video recording of a woman in a restroom at IKEA on Aug. 29.

He was charged with the Sept. 9 attempted unauthorized video recording of a separate woman at IKEA after allegedly holding a cellphone under a restroom stall that was occupied by her.