New York man placed hidden cameras inside public park restroom; captured pornographic images of children

A New York man secretly recorded hundreds of women and girls successful a nationalist restroom astatine a section parkland wherever he worked, national prosecutors alleged.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, said that 54-year-old John Towers planted hidden cameras successful nan ladies' room of a nationalist parkland successful Putnam County, New York — authorities declined to stock nan sanction of nan nationalist park.

Towers allegedly utilized nan planted cameras to seizure "prepubescent minors" and females utilizing nan bathroom.

"John Towers’s alleged disturbing conduct violated nan public’s spot by placing hidden cameras successful a nationalist bath and utilizing those cameras to capture sexually explicit images of children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. "As today’s apprehension shows, we will usage each instrumentality disposable to rule enforcement to analyse and prosecute those alleged to person sexually exploited children." 

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John Towers (U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)

Towers allegedly utilized an aged cellphone and 10 "spy cameras" to grounds astir 800 definitive videos of girls and women utilizing nan bathroom, a Manhattan national title said.

They besides recovered much than 6,000 images and videos that had been uploaded to nan internet, according to nan complaint.

Authorities said that 3 of nan spy cameras were designed to look for illustration ballpoint pens, and others looked for illustration a artillery pack, an antenna and a mini camera that looked for illustration a button.

Towers transferred nan recordings to a difficult drive, prosecutors alleged.

When investigating Towers' location connected March 19, authorities recovered computers and difficult drives filled pinch pornographic images.

Many of nan files contained nan misspelled word "yung," prosecutors alleged.

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Federal authorities believe that nan hidden cameras were successful nan bath from astatine slightest July 24, 2018, until Dec. 9, 2019.

John Towers was charged for planting hidden cameras wrong nationalist restrooms. (iStock)

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Towers is charged successful nan national title pinch intersexual exploitation of a minor, which carries a mandatory minimum condemnation of 15 years successful situation and a maximum condemnation of 30 years, and possession of kid pornography, which carries a maximum condemnation of 20 years successful prison.