A Maryland school employee has been arrested for allegedly filming girls undressing

A Maryland high school employee has been arrested after allegedly filming students undressing in a girls’ locker room.

James Mulhern III, a media services specialist at Walter Johnson High School in Montgomery County, was filmed setting up a camera in the girls’ locker room in the school’s theater just before several girls changed before the play, according to WUSA 9.

School staff called police on Wednesday after two students found a camera in the theater’s control room and reported it to the principal. The video shows footage of the girls undressing in the changing room. The memory card on the camera also recorded a man placing the camera in the room before the students went in to change, according to a news release from the Montgomery County Police Department.

Detectives say they found a large amount of evidence at the high school and after searching Mulhern’s home.

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Mulhern was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor, police said. He was sent to a detention center, where he is awaiting a bond hearing.

Court documents obtained by WUSA say Mulhern initially denied to police that he had been recording the students but later admitted that he had. [an] inappropriate attraction for many students” while working in high school.

Montgomery County Public Schools shared a letter with Fox News Digital that was sent to parents, students and staff Thursday by Walter Johnson High School Principal Nicole J. Morgan.

In the letter, Morgan said the employee has been placed on leave without pay while the investigation continues.

Police vehicles are seen outside the Chief J. Thomas Manger public safety headquarters where the Montgomery County Police Department’s First District is based in Gaithersburg, Md., on Sept. 2, 2022. (Craig Hudson of The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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“School administrators were aware of the incident that occurred on Wednesday, April 15th, and immediately notified MCPD. This is a matter for MCPS personnel and the police investigation; therefore, the information that can be shared is very limited,” the letter said.

Morgan said school counselors, psychologists and social workers will be on hand to provide support to students.

A spokesperson for Montgomery County Public Schools told Fox News Digital, “We are cooperating fully with law enforcement in their ongoing investigation. Because this involves a confidential personnel matter, we are unable to release additional details at this time.”

Stock photo of high school lockers. (Stock via Getty)

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Walter Johnson High School student Gage Familant told WUSA9 that students were disgusted after reading the news.

“People call it disgusting. That’s what hurts,” Familant said.