Guilty! John Martin, Glouchester City, New Jersey (arrested Nov 2012) [video voyeurism]

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    John Martin (1xx South Jefferson Avenue, Wenonah, New Jersey), 41, head custodian at Gloucester Catholic High School [Diocese of Camden], Glouchester City, New Jersey, "charges he surreptitiously videotaped students and teachers in the school"

    Glouchester City News: GCHS Employee Fired for Allegedly Circulating Photos of Students Without Permission (Nov 27 2012)

    A rumor has been circulating throughout South Jersey area about a Gloucester Catholic
    custodian [John Martin] taking photos of girls in the locker room with his cell phone. The incidents, according to the gossip, have been ongoing since 2005 ... [Principal John] Coleman in his prepared statement said he received a call from the Camden County Prosecutors Office on November 22 about the crime being reported to their office by an unnamed person. Allegedly the custodian had circulated photographs of students via his school-issued cell phone. Coleman said the employee’s cell phone has been confiscated by the school, and the suspect has resigned his position.

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    Glouchester City News: Gloucester Catholic Custodian John Martin Arrested; Charged with Secretly Videotaping Students and Teachers in the School (Nov 28 2012)

    John Martin, M/41, of the first block of S. Jefferson Avenue in Wenonah, was charged with a count of 3rd degree Invasion of Privacy ... Martin linked the cameras, which were installed without the school’s knowledge, to the existing video security system at Gloucester Catholic. Martin is accused of possessing hours of video footage and a large cache of pictures which appear to be screen shots taken with his cell phone from the video.
     
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    ABC Local WPVI: Police: Fmr. NJ custodian secretly videotaped students, teachers (Nov 28 2012)

    Martin is accused of directing the installation of hidden video cameras throughout the high school that recorded individuals in various stages of undress and activity. Police say the pinhole-size cameras, approximately a quarter of an inch in diameter, were placed in eight separate rooms, including classrooms, the school's choir room, weight room, backstage area, maintenance facilities and football area, and were hidden in locations such as ventilation ducts and smoke detectors. Students used some of those rooms as changing areas and some of the images show nudity.
     
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    KOB: NJ school custodian accused of hiding spy cameras (Nov 28 2012)

    A southern New Jersey high school custodian was arrested Wednesday and accused of using eight small cameras he had hidden around the school to secretly film students and teachers, including in places where students change clothes. Authorities said John Martin, of Wenonah, had hours of video footage from the cameras and kept a large cache of video screenshots on his cellphone. They said some of the images showed nudity.
     
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    KOAA: NJ school custodian accused of hiding spy cameras (Nov 28 2012)

    A southern New Jersey high school custodian has been accused of using eight small cameras he had hidden around the school to secretly film students and teachers, including in places where students change clothes. Authorities say John Martin had hours of video footage from the pinhole cameras and kept video screenshots on his cellphone.
     
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    Courier Post: Gloucester Catholic custodian photographed undressing women, prosecutor says (Nov 28 2012)

    Martin was charged with a count of third-degree invasion of privacy ... He was released on his own recognizance on the condition he not go near the high school or any students or staff. Martin worked as the Chief Custodian at the school for 18 years. He resigned from his job at the school on November 21 after being interviewed by investigators.
     
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    Courier Post: Ex-Gloucester Catholic janitor charged over hidden cameras (Nov 29 2012)

    A custodian [John Martin] at Gloucester Catholic High School is accused of secretly videotaping students and teachers with hidden cameras he installed throughout the school. Authorities said those on camera were often in various states of undressing.
     
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    South Jersey Times: Gloucester Catholic custodian charged with making hidden videos of students, teachers (Nov 28 2012)

    Investigators said [John Martin] had hours of video and “a large cache of pictures which appear to be screen shots taken with his cell phone from the video.” Most pictures and video reportedly show female students and teachers. The Prosecutor’s Office announced investigators are viewing the video to identify those recorded and notify them. Martin allegedly shared pictures with at least two people. But authorities said they’re still trying to find out how long he’d been recording, how many images he had and to whom he may have given them.
     
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    USA Today: N.J. school custodian accused of hiding spy cameras (Nov 28 2012)

    The eight pinhole-size cameras were placed in classrooms, in a choir room, backstage in the school auditorium, in maintenance facilities and in an area used by the football team. Some were hidden in ventilation ducts and smoke detectors, and they linked to the school's video security system. The prosecutor's office has not said who hid them, but it said it was at [John] Martin's direction. Authorities said they are still probing who else saw the footage. They say Martin showed images to at least two other people but there's no evidence he posted them online or sold them.
     
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    Collingswood Patch: Gloucester Catholic Custodian Charged with Secretly Filming Students (Nov 28 2012)

    Gloucester Catholic Junior-Senior High School’s head custodian allegedly installed hidden video cameras throughout the school, capturing images of students and staff undressing as well as everyday school activities. John Martin, 41, of the first block of S. Jefferson Avenue in Wenonah, turned himself in Wednesday to Gloucester City police on a third-degree invasion of privacy charge.
     
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    Inquisitr: New Jersey School Janitor Arrested For Allegedly Hiding Spy Cameras (Nov 28 2012)

    A New Jersey high school janitor was arrested on allegations related to the hiding of eight small spy cameras around the building to film students and teachers. Police officers found cameras in areas where the students changed clothes. Many of the cameras contained hours of footage ... A large cache of video screenshots from the hidden cameras was also allegedly found on the New Jersey school custodian’s cell phone.
     
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    Huffington Post: John Martin, New Jersey School Custodian, Accused Of Secretly Filming Students, Teachers (Nov 28 2012)

    [John] Martin was charged with invasion of privacy. He turned himself in on Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance on the condition that he not go near the school or any of its students or staff members. A woman who answered the phone at his home on Wednesday hung up on a reporter. Police said investigators and school staff are reviewing who's in the videos and are contacting everyone who appeared in them. Most of the images were of girls or women.
     
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    NBC Philadelphia: Janitor Admits to Taping Nude Students (Oct 4 2013)

    John Martin, 42, of Wenoah, N.J. pleaded guilty Thursday to invasion of privacy and child endangerment ... Martin faces a term of parole supervision for life when he's sentenced in December. Prosecutors say Martin, who worked for 18 years at the school eventually running the maintenance department and high school surveillance system, admitted to installing hidden video cameras around the building to capture students and teachers -- mostly females. In a probable cause statement, investigators say that Martin admitted to capturing naked photos on a DVR and then taking still photos of the videos with his cell phone. The quarter-inch cameras were hidden in ventilation ducts and smoke detectors and placed in eight rooms -- some where students changed -- including classrooms, the choir room, weight room, backstage area, maintenance area and football area ... Prosecutors say that Martin shared the photos with at least two other people.