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‘Frozen in fear,’ woman describes discovering hidden camera at Norristown dance studio
![Saying she was “frozen in fear,” the woman, who was 22 at the time, vividly recalled the moment she discovered a hidden recording device in the bathroom changing area at a Norristown dance studio where she sought lessons from an instructor she believed she could trust. Saying she was “frozen in fear,” the woman, who was 22 at the time, vividly recalled the moment she discovered a hidden recording device in the bathroom changing area at a Norristown dance studio where she sought lessons from an instructor she believed she could trust.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.pottsmerc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/e2b28602c0b39a6cc2f316b4848e1f52-13.jpg?w=534)
Saying she was “frozen in fear,” the woman, who was 22 at the time, vividly recalled the moment she discovered a hidden recording device in the bathroom changing area at a Norristown dance studio where she sought lessons from an instructor she believed she could trust.
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