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Updated · Fox News · Sep 4
Brooke High Principal Charged Over 4 Locker-Room Devices, Held on $100,000 Bond
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 4

Brooke High Principal Charged Over 4 Locker-Room Devices, Held on $100,000 Bond

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 4

Summary

  • Eric James, 53, was charged Thursday with two felonies after four recording devices were found in girls' locker rooms and a dance-team dressing area at Brooke High School in Wellsburg, West Virginia.
  • Officials said the counts include intentionally intercepting or attempting to intercept communications and breaking and entering a nonresidence; James was suspended Wednesday and is being held in Marshall County.
  • Additional devices were confiscated at James' home, and school security, staff and law enforcement removed the devices from campus after students were released.
  • Brooke County Schools said it is cooperating with law enforcement, conducting its own investigation, and meeting with students, parents and staff to provide support as the case continues.

Insights

How did a trusted high school principal manage to bypass security and secretly record students without detection?
Will the forensic lab uncover even more victims hidden on the confiscated devices found at the principal's home?
What missed warning signs led a student to sue the district over the principal's hidden locker room cameras?