VANDALIA — A man is facing charges after he allegedly hid a camera in a bathroom and filmed children.
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William Winston is facing one count of gross sexual imposition and 102 counts of illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance in the Vandalia Municipal Court.
On Oct. 16, the Vandalia Division of Police was called to a school for reports of a juvenile who had said Winston had sexually assaulted them.
Investigators allege that Winston placed a hidden camera in his bathroom and recorded children in various states of nudity while showering, undressing, and dressing.
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There are six videos from the security camera.
From those recordings, investigators said Winston made a total of 294 photos.
Winston is also accused of downloading over 1,000 photos of other children in various states of nudity from a Russian photo-sharing website.
A hundred of these photos were taken at Dayton Children’s Hospital, where a doctor verified that 96 of them were juveniles.
Winston is in custody of the Montgomery County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
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