Hidden camera, shower videos lead to Hartford City man’s arrest
HARTFORD CITY — A Hartford City man faces a felony charge over allegations he placed a hidden camera in a bathroom and recorded video footage of a woman taking a shower.
Michael A. Lambert, 51, who lives in the 200 block of South High Street, was charged Monday with voyeurism, a Class D felony with a standard 18-month sentence. He was being held in the Blackford County jail under a $1,000 bond.
According to a report filed by Hartford City police officer Michael Wilson, Lambert was arrested Sunday night after other occupants of his home found two videos, each showing a woman taking a shower in their bathroom, on a home computer.
Lambert was also seen in the video “retrieving the recording device,” the report said.
The Hartford City man admitted to J.D. Beckley, a police detective, that “he did hide the video device in a small basket on top of the toilet inside the bathroom,” and “did so in order to video record (the alleged victim) in the shower,” court documents said.
The documents allege the recordings were made last Friday. The formal charges say the recording “was in an area where the occupant could reasonably expect to disrobe.”
Lambert appeared in Blackford Superior Court on Monday, when a public defender was appointed to represent him and his trial was set for May 16.
Court records reflect no other recent charges against Lambert.
Contact Douglas Walker at 213-5851. Find him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DouglasWalkerSP.
By on 09/02/2012