An Alabama mother’s quick thinking turned a disturbing encounter into a lesson in trusting your instincts. It started when Allison Hoch noticed a man standing unusually close to her and felt like something was off. Instead of ignoring the feeling, she placed her phone inside her shopping cart and started recording. The footage captured the suspect allegedly engaging in invasive behavior. Hoch’s decision to document what was happening eventually helped police track him down and arrest him. The incident, reported by Inside Edition, happened while Hoch was browsing the aisles of a boutique. She could not immediately tell what the man was doing, but his behavior made her uncomfortable enough to start watching him more closely. Rather than confront him, she used her phone to keep track of his movements. The police located him The footage appeared to show a pattern. Every time Hoch turned around, the man would suddenly pretend to be interested in something nearby, almost as if he knew he was being watched. After looking through the recording, Hoch contacted authorities. The suspect had already left the store before officers arrived, but Hoch kept visual contact from a safe distance. She gave responding officers directions, allowing them to locate him shortly afterward. Police eventually found the suspect hiding inside the restroom of a neighboring business. He was identified as James Curtis Kofi and booked on criminal voyeurism charges. Records indicate that Kofi has since been released on bond while the case continues. And after finding out that her suspicions had been right, she had a simple message for other women on Inside Edition: “If something feels wrong, it’s okay to act on it.” The incident has also raised concerns about privacy and the increasingly easy ways people can secretly record others. Investigators are continuing to examine the evidence as they try to determine the full extent of the alleged activity. For Hoch, what made the encounter even more unsettling was where it happened. This was a family-oriented retail space, in the middle of the day. It was not some isolated location where she expected to have to watch over her shoulder. Yet something about the man’s behavior immediately made her uncomfortable. A lot of people in the comments were just as appalled by the alleged behavior as they were impressed with how Hoch handled it. People know of this behavior all to well One user recalled seeing a man behave similarly, writing, “I saw a man do that he literally threw himself down on the stairs to look under a woman’s skirt. I was so disgusted since then I always wear shorts under my dresses and skirts.” Another praised Hoch for documenting what happened, writing, “This lady is very smart for what she did. She put herself on the line to protect other woman out there because of her being so strong that day we now have his name and his photo of the crime he did and it’s documented for life.” Another commenter was less restrained, writing, “Whoa, what a sick pervert. He was too confident which likely means this is not his first time doing this! Thank goodness this lady listened to her instinct and caught him on video!” But perhaps the biggest thing people credited Hoch for was what she didn’t do. She didn’t confront the man. She didn’t try to play detective. And she didn’t put herself in a potentially dangerous situation. She just called the police.