Eye Doc Secretly Videotaped Women in Restroom: Cops

A Chicago eye doctor surrendered to police Tuesday, after he was accused of secretly videotaping four women in restrooms at medical offices in Lake View and Irving Park, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Robert A. Weiss, 58, of the 900 block of South Michigan Avenue, was charged with four felony counts of unauthorized videotaping.

Weiss is identified as an ophthalmologist with a specialty in surgery on a physician search website.

Chicago Police say that Weiss placed cameras in a restroom at the Chicago Eye Institute’s office in the 3900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue. Cameras were also found in a locker room at the Eye Institute’s office at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 836 N. Wellington, according to the Tribune.

Police began investigating Weiss after a woman reported finding camera velcroed to the inside of a toilet tank when she was using the restroom at the Eye Institute on April 2. While examining the tape, it was discovered that another woman had been taped using the facility’s restroom the same day.

Investigators discovered another camera at the Eye Institute at Illinois Masonic, where two women had been videotaped in a locker room between March 25 and April 2. All four women were able to identify themselves in the tapes, the Tribune said.

Weiss appeared in at 26th Street and California Avenue on Wednesday, where bail was set at $75,000.

An associate of Weiss’s told the Tribune that the practice saw over 100 patients a week and that in “no way was Weiss a threat.”

Weiss's employment status at the Chicago Eye Institute is unknown.