Scott William Grantham, Hickory, North Carolina (arrested May 2013)

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    Scott William Grantham (1371 5th Street NE, Hickory, North Carolina), 50, English as a Second Language teacher at Harry M. Arndt Middle School, Catawba County Schools, Hickory, North Carolina, "charged with secret peeping"

    Hickory Record: Arndt Middle School teacher arrested for felony peeping (May 6 2013)


    A Catawba County teacher [Scott William Grantham], arrested last week has been charged with secret peeping and suspected with pay by the school district ... The Catawba County Sheriff's office said a student told investigators that the teacher used a video camera to shoot down the student's blouse as he approached her from behind.

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    Grantham, Hickory, North Carolina, Harry M. Arndt Middle School, Catawba County Schools
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    Charlotte Observer: Catawba teacher accused of secretly videotaping student (May 6 2013)

    A Catawba County middle school teacher was arrested on charges he videotaped a female student. A student told investigators that the teacher, 50-year-old Scott Grantham, used the camera to shoot down her blouse as he approached her from behind ... Grantham was charged with two felony counts of secret peeping and was placed under a $10,000 bond. But he is now out on bond.
     
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    WCNC: Teacher charged with secretly taping student in classroom (May 6 2013)

    Police say 50-year-old Scott Grantham was arrested on Friday after using a video camera to record a female student in the classroom. The student told investigators that he used the camera to shoot down her blouse as he approached her from behind.
     
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    WSOC TV: Catawba Co. teacher faces secret peeping charges (May 6 2013)

    [Sheriff Coy] Reid told Eyewitness News his office received a call Friday afternoon from the middle school that two female students said Grantham took video of them from behind, looking down their shirts in class ... As for Grantham, he posted bond.
     
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    WBTV: Sheriff: Middle school teacher 'videoed down shirts of students' (May 6 2013)

    A middle school teacher in Catawba County has been suspended and banned from school grounds after deputies say he was charged filming two students at school. According to Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid, 50-year-old Scott William Grantham, of Hickory, was arrested on Friday for two counts of felony secret peeping ... "In this case, he took a video camera and videoed down the blouse of two female students there at Arndt Middle School," [Sheriff Coy] Reid said.

    Fox 19: Sheriff: Middle school teacher 'videoed down shirts of students' (May 6 2013)
     
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    News Observer: NC middle school teacher accused of taping student (May 6 2013)

    A Catawba County middle school teacher has been suspended with pay after his arrest on a peeping charge.Authorities say 50-year-old Scott Grantham is charged with two felony counts of secret peeping. He is free on $10,000 bond ...
     
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    My Fox 8: NC middle school teacher accused of taping students (May 7 2013)

    WBTV reported that Scott William Grantham, 50, was arrested on Friday on two counts of felony secret peeping ... Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told WBTV that the suspect took a video camera and videoed down the blouses of two female students.
     
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    KHOU: Police: Teacher charged after using camera to secretly shoot down student's blouse (May 7 2013)

    Police say 50-year-old Scott Grantham was arrested on Friday after using a video camera to record a female student in the classroom. The student told investigators that he used the camera to shoot down her blouse as he approached her from behind ... Grantham is charged with two felony counts of secret peeping. His bonds were set at $10,000, which he's since posted.
     
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    What a total wuss! This guy is a defense attorney's worst nightmare ...

    Hickory Record: Details on how middle school teacher got caught, what potential evidence seized (May 7 2013)

    Asked if Grantham would allow [Sgt. David] Eckard and Sgt. Thad Scronce into his home, Grantham agreed. At Grantham’s 1371 5th Street NE residence in Hickory, Eckard and Scronce found a Dell desktop and an IBM desktop. Grantham commented he understood why the sheriff’s office had an interest in his computers, according to the affidavit. Scronce asked if there was material on the computers that they would be looking for, which Eckard clarified as “images of young children that were nude or partially nude, or of other students he had taken photos of.” According to the affidavit, Grantham said there probably were images of those types on his computers. Eckard asked if Grantham had any media storage devices that he saved these images on. Grantham provided the officers with two flash drives as well as 30 CDs/DVDs that he said might contain some images. He was then asked for and provided two digital cameras that contained digital storage cards. Asked if he would turn all these items over to the sheriff’s office to be analyzed at a later date, Grantham agreed. In an interview later at the sheriff’s office, Grantham admitted to taking pictures and videos of students at Arndt, and that he did not know how many students he had taken pictures of, according to the affidavit.
     
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    News-Record: Details on N.C. middle school teacher caught peeping (May 8 2013)

    Eckard arrived at Arndt and discovered that two students alleged that pictures or videos had been taken of them. They described to school administration the type of camera Grantham used. Someone in the administration took the camera and viewed a video of one of the students. They described to Eckard that the video was of one of the student’s breast area, according to the affidavit. Eckard said he took the camera with the permission of Crystal Davis, school board attorney. He also took the computer located in Grantham’s classroom.

    In the affidavit, Eckard described Grantham’s willingness to provide investigators plenty of information. Eckard spoke with Grantham at the school and asked if the teacher had a computer at his home, to which Grantham answered yes. Asked if Grantham would allow Eckard and Sgt. Thad Scronce into his home, Grantham agreed. At Grantham’s 1371 5th Street NE residence in Hickory, Eckard and Scronce found a Dell desktop and an IBM desktop. Grantham commented he understood why the sheriff’s office had an interest in his computers, according to the affidavit. Scronce asked if there was material on the computers that they would be looking for, which Eckard clarified as “images of young children that were nude or partially nude, or of other students he had taken photos of.” According to the affidavit, Grantham said there probably were images of those types on his computers.

    Eckard asked if Grantham had any media storage devices that he saved these images on. Grantham provided the officers with two flash drives as well as 30 CDs/DVDs that he said might contain some images. He was then asked for and provided two digital cameras that contained digital storage cards. Asked if he would turn all these items over to the sheriff’s office to be analyzed at a later date, Grantham agreed. In an interview later at the sheriff’s office, Grantham admitted to taking pictures and videos of students at Arndt, and that he did not know how many students he had taken pictures of, according to the affidavit.

    As a result of the affidavit, the sheriff’s office executed two search warrants on Tuesday in order to gather other possible evidence.

    Journal-Now: N.C. middle school teacher accused of peeping (May 8 2013)
     
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    WCNC: Sheriff: Officials find new victim of videotaping-teacher (May 9 2013)

    The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office says they've identified a new victim and filed additional charges against a teacher who's accused of secretly videotaping students. Scott Grantham, 50, was arrested last Friday, accused of using a video camera to record a female student in the classroom. The student told investigators that he used the camera to shoot down her blouse as he approached her from behind. After examining the items taken from Grantham's home, officials filed two new charges against him of indecent liberties with minors. Grantham was arrested on Thursday and booked in to the Catawba County Detention Center under a $40,000 bond.

    Charlotte Observer: Sheriff: Officials find new victim of videotaping-teacher (May 9 2013)
     
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    Hickory Record: Grantham arrested on more charges, 2 counts of indecent liberties with a child (May 9 2013)

    Arndt Middle School teacher Scott Grantham was charged with two counts indecent liberties with a minor after being taken in for questioning Thursday morning by Catawba sheriffs deputies. He is being held at Catawba County jail on a total bond of $40,000, according to the county’s Who’s in Jail website ... As a result of examining the items taken from Grantham’s apartment, deputies returned Thursday, according to Sheriff Coy Reid. Grantham was cooperative during questioning at the sheriff’s office, which lasted close to 1½ hours before he was charged around 11 a.m. One more victim has been identified, according to Reid.
     
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    WSOC TV: Catawba Co. teacher now charged with indecent liberties (May 9 2013)

    For the second time in a week, deputies have charged the same teacher. Students had already accused an Arndt Middle School teacher of taking inappropriate photos of them. Deputies have now charged him with indecent liberties, too. Sheriff’s deputies said there are three victims in the case and all the incidents happened at school. Teacher Scott Grantham found himself in handcuffs again Thursday morning, being led into the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office.