Metro police are investigating after they say a Utah man took pictures of a woman undressing in a dressing room at an Opry Mills mall store Tuesday night.

Steven Murdock, 55, of Salt Lake City, is charged with unlawful photography in connection with the reported crime which took place inside H&M at the Nashville mall.

According to an arrest affidavit, the woman was inside the store, approached the dressing rooms to try on clothes and encountered Murdock, who guided her to an available room to change.

While inside, the affidavit continues, the woman undressed, looked up and noticed a black phone with it's camera over the edge of the stall.

When the woman got dressed and left the stall to call police, she encountered Murdock who appeared from the stall where the camera was angled over from.

As the woman attempted to take the phone from him, she saw pictures of herself on it and watched him delete some of them.

When police arrived, the affidavit continues, she also told an officer that Murdock's wife "approached her an asked her to settle this peacefully without getting police involved."

Murdock was booked into the Metro jail Tuesday night and released on $1,000 bond early Wednesday morning.

Online records show he's due for a hearing on Sept. 6 in Davidson County General Sessions Court.

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