An Indiana man was arrested Sunday at Carbondale’s University Mall after allegedly videotaping under sales clerk’s skirts without their knowledge.

George Randolph King, 40, of Evansville Indiana was arrested by Carbondale Police after a sales clerk became suspicious of him and alerted mall security.

Don Priddy, Carbondale Police Public Relations officer, said that the man entered a store in University Mall and told the sales clerk that he needed the prices of some items higher up on the shelves. The man then preceded to video tape under her skirt when she was retrieving the items for him.

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Priddy said that the sales clerk was aware that the man had a camera but was unaware she was being taped. The clerk became suspicious after the man left the store and then alerted mall security.

Priddy said mall security followed the man to another store where they observed him taping up another sales clerk’s skirt and then they contacted the Carbondale Police.

A Carbondale Police News Release said during a search of King’s vehicle, police recovered three videotapes. The videotapes were believed to be taken at University Mall, Illinois Centre Mall in Marion, and possibly a mall in Evansville, In. Each of the tapes were of women’s undergarments, supposedly videotaped without the victim’s knowledge.

Priddy said that police agencies in Marion and Evansville have been contacted in reference to pursuing charges against King.

Charles Garnatti, Williamson County States Attorney said that this is a serious matter and is under investigation. It is not known, Garnatti said, whether charges will be pressed against King in Williamson County.

King was charged with disorderly conduct in Jackson County and Monday King was released on $100 bond, a Jackson County Jail official said.