Plato’s Closet Owner Charged with Invasion of Privacy and Tampering

Published on December 15, 2023

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Investigations Robert McNally, and Chief    Dean Adone of the Roxbury Township Police Department announce that Nicholas Zirpoli, age 35, of Lincoln Park, New Jersey, has been charged with nine counts of Invasion of Privacy, a crime of the third degree, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-9b(1), and one count of Tampering with Evidence, a crime of the fourth degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-6(a)(1).

Zirpoli is the owner and operator of Plato’s Closet, a clothing retail store in Roxbury Township, New Jersey. On or about February 26, 2023, Zirpoli is alleged to have used a device to video record several male and female employees utilizing the restroom at Plato’s Closet and then destroying evidence related to these acts.

The defendant was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility upon his arrest pending a first appearance. He was subsequently released on pre-trial monitoring conditions on December 13, 2023, in accordance with the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

Members of the Roxbury Township Police Department and Morris County Prosecutor’s Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit participated in the investigation leading to Zirpoli’s arrest.

Anyone with information relating to this or any related incident is asked to call the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit at 973-285-6200 or the Roxbury Township Police Department at 973-448-2100.

A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite these accusations, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Media inquiries concerning this press release should be directed to mknab@co.morris.nj.us.