New Location For Cox Store After Flint Nude Photo Investigation

MIDDLETOWN, RI — Cox Communications relocated to a new store at the shopping center off West Main Road after removing its retail counter inside Flint Audio Video because state police are investigating the electronics store on accusations of employees stealing nude photos from customers.

The new store opens in December where the RadioShack at Middletown Plaza used to be according to a statement from Cox Communications on Monday.

On June 22, Patch reported state police said customers who brought cell phone, computers, and other electronic devices to Flint Audio for repairs unknowingly gave employees access to their nude photos. Several employees are accused of copying and sharing the photos.

On June 14, Rhode Island State Police arrested store manager George Quintal, 34 of Middletown, for sharing customers' photos without their knowledge or consent.

Two other arrests followed including the warehouse manager, Terrance M. Roy, 46, of Seekonk, Massachusetts and another Flint employee, Geoffrey P. Preuit, 43, of Warwick. There's been six total arrests with both the Middletown and South Kingstown stores facing allegations.

When Cox announced in July that it would no longer have a business relationship with Flint Audio Video in the Aquidneck Shopping Centre, a Cox spokesman told the Newport Daily News the company was “extremely disturbed” by the accusations.

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