FBI agent charged with illegally photographing woman in Edison store

EDISON – An FBI special agent has been charged with illegally photographing a 22-year-old woman in a dressing room.

Danuel S. Brown, 30, of Piscataway, an agent with the New York Field Office, was charged on July 19 with one count of invasion of privacy in the fourth degree for allegedly photographing a woman by a cell phone while she was in a dressing room in an Edison clothing store, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department.

Police responded to a 911 call from the victim stating she was photographed in a dressing room while she was changing, according to the statement.

An investigation by Detective Loren Long of the Edison Police Department and Detective Allie Bitterman from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined Brown allegedly placed his cell phone underneath the dressing room door and took multiple photographs of the victim.

Brown is currently being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick pending an initial court appearance in New Brunswick.

Anyone with information should call Long at 732-248-7400 or Bitterman at 732-745-4401.