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Drone with possible recording device discovered outside bedroom window: Norfolk OPP

Ontario Provincial Police file image. Don Mitchell / Global News

Norfolk OPP have released a suspect description after a woman discovered what appeared to be a drone with a recording device hovering outside her bedroom window as she changed.

According to police, the victim returned to her home on Prospect Street in Port Dover, Ont. at some point between 3 and 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, and noticed a blue flashing light outside her bedroom window while she was changing.

When she looked closer, she realized it was a drone that appeared to have a recording device attached to the bottom.

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She then opened the window and yelled at a man standing near the edge of her property who appeared to be holding a remote control for the drone, police say.

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The stranger immediately left the area and was last seen heading northwest on Prospect Street.

Police say the incident was reported on the morning of Friday, Jan. 24.

A suspect description released by police describes the man as being 60 to 70 years old with white hair, and wearing a hooded sweater that covered his head.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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