Woman claims Verizon employee stole nude photo from her phone

NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. — A woman claims she went to a Verizon store to get her service transferred and an employee stole a nude photo right off her phone.

The former employee will be facing a judge this week for allegedly stealing a nude picture from a woman's phone while he worked as a solutions specialist inside a Verizon Store in North Huntingdon Township.

Police said William Hickman Jr. helped her at the counter and offered to transfer her data to save her fees.

The woman told police she checked her iCloud account when she got home and found out a nude photo was sent to an unknown number. The number turned out to be Hickman's cellphone, according to police.

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Hickman was fired from Verizon and allegedly admitted to police that he sent the nude picture.

He was charged with invasion of privacy and harassment.

The victim is also suing Hickman and the partnership doing business with Verizon, according to our partners at the Trib.

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The victim claims there was an invasion of privacy and negligence on Verizon's part.

Channel 11 made several attempts to reach out to both Hickman's attorney and the victim's attorney, but did not hear back.

We also put calls into the North Huntingdon Verizon store where Hickman worked and Verizon corporate, but we did not hear back.

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