CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who last week attempted to use a camera to take pictures under the skirt of a woman shopping at Walmart.

Sgt. Rodd Joseph said the disorderly conduct incident was reported last Thursday, June 12.

At around 6:30 p.m. that day two women were shopping together in the Walmart “households” area of the store, Joseph said.

While one of the women was reaching up in an attempt to get an item from a top display shelf, a male subject walked up and squatted down behind her. Joseph said the man was holding store merchandise which he used in an attempt to conceal a small camera.  

The man positioned himself so he could place the camera up under the unsuspecting woman’s skirt in order to take a photograph. Joseph said the victim was unaware of the suspect’s actions at the time of the incident.

However the woman’s friend witnessed the incident and confronted the subject. The man denied his actions and began complementing the two women on how beautiful they were. Joseph said the subject then fled the store without being identified.

The subject is described as a light-skinned black male adult in his 30s, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, with an average build. He had very short, shaved and styled hair, according to Joseph.

The man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark colored T-shirt with a large white design on the front which read “DAD,” and driving a dark blue, newer model Jeep Liberty.

On Thursday, the Clearlake Police Department was able to secure video footage from Walmart of the crime, along with photographs of the subject both entering and leaving the store, which are shown here.

Anyone with information regarding this man's possible identity or current address are urged to contact Joseph at 707-994-8251, Extension 338. Callers may remain anonymous.