RICHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — A mayor in Ohio is facing charges after he was allegedly caught on camera smelling a teenager’s underwear, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19 TV.
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Wesley Dingus, the mayor of the Village of Butler, in Richland County, is facing two counts of voyeurism.
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The Richland County Sheriff’s Office reached out to Richland County Children’s Services after they were “sent a video showing an adult male going through [a child’s] bedroom, picking up her underwear and smelling it” on Jan. 13, according to a report obtained by WOIO-19 TV.
Authorities and a children’s services representative went to the victim’s high school to speak with her about the reported incident the following day.
The report indicates that she told officials that she was worried that Dingus might go into her room, so she set up a small video camera.
The victim left for school around 7 a.m. on Jan. 13. About 15 minutes later, she got a notification that there was motion detected in her room.
The footage allegedly showed Dingus go into the teenager’s room and start smelling her underwear, according to the records.
A similar situation occurred the following morning, WOIO-19 reported.
Deputies prepared summonses for the voyeurism charges on Feb. 12, and they were issued on Feb. 13.
Dingus is set to appear in court on Thursday.
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