School custodian ‘secretly filmed over 100 videos in female restrooms’

A college custodian allegedly recorded 137 movies inside feminine employees restrooms since 2013 (Image: Google Maps)

A center faculty custodian has been arrested after allegedly filming greater than 100 movies inside feminine restrooms in secret over a decade.

James Mattson, 38, who labored at Alki Center College in Vancouver, Washington, was taken into custody on Thursday after investigators uncovered 137 movies he allegedly recorded courting again to 2013.

The footage was from inside feminine employees restrooms at Skyview Excessive College, in response to The Columbian. 

Authorities found the movies final week after Mattson’s girlfriend who lives with him reported seeing a clip on his pc of a woman getting modified in a locker room. 

Based on the lady, Mattson stated that he put in a digicam within the locker room as a result of there have been theft points. She apparently accused him of mendacity concerning the matter.

‘It’s not sexual. I don’t do something with them,’ he allegedly advised the lady, in response to an affidavit. ‘It’s about having them.’

Mattson additionally allegedly admitted that ‘I've an issue’.

Investigators executed a search warrant at Mattson’s house and seized his computer systems and different digital units.

Regulation enforcement and faculty district officers searched the center faculty, highschool and different campuses within the system and didn't discover hidden cameras or recording units.

‘Our college students and employees and their security are on the coronary heart of every little thing we do. We'll proceed to assist our younger individuals and employees by making counselors accessible, and totally cooperating with the legislation enforcement investigation,’ the varsity district acknowledged on Thursday.

Mattson has been positioned on unpaid go away and faces termination. He was booked into the Clark County Jail on suspicion of 137 counts of first-degree voyeurism, and might be hit with further costs.

Victims haven't but been recognized. 

‘As has been beforehand acknowledged, a majority of these investigations involving digital forensics are complicated,’ acknowledged the Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace. ‘They require time to course of the kind and quantity of proof concerned.’

Mattson labored because the constructing operator for the center faculty because the 2018-19 faculty yr and was the assistant flag soccer coach type the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, in response to the varsity district.

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