{"id":4588,"date":"2019-04-04T09:32:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2019-04-04T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:32:33","slug":"maryland-man-who-secretly-taped-1000-videos-of-kids-using-bathroom-gets-20-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/maryland-man-who-secretly-taped-1000-videos-of-kids-using-bathroom-gets-20-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland man who secretly taped 1000+ videos of kids using bathroom gets 20 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oldale-jonathan-mugshot-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland man secretly taped 1000+ videos of children using bathroom gets 20 years in prison\" class=\"wp-image-4589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oldale-jonathan-mugshot-cover.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oldale-jonathan-mugshot-cover-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oldale-jonathan-mugshot-cover-435x237.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption>Over 1,000 videos of the children in various degrees of undress were recovered from the man\u2019s home computer showing the kids changing clothes, taking showers and using the toilet.  Image credit: Montgomery County Police Department<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On\nApril 1, Jonathan Mark Oldale, 55, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was sentenced to\n20 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, on charges\nof production and possession of child pornography, arising from Oldale secretly\nfilming children using hidden cameras in the bathrooms of his home.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cJonathan Oldale invited children into his home in order to surreptitiously photograph them while they were changing clothes or using the bathroom, and attempted to do the same thing in public facilities that catered to children,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur.\u00a0 \u201cThis sentence sends a clear message that we will bring to justice those who would victimize innocent children.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto Oldale\u2019s plea agreement, on May 5, 2017, the Montgomery County Police\nDepartment received a complaint from an employee at a children\u2019s gymnastics\nfacility in Silver Spring that Oldale had placed a backpack containing a camera\ndisguised to look like an automobile key fob in a bathroom at the\nfacility.&nbsp; The employee also told officers about a prior incident in which\nOldale had left a backpack in the same bathroom.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nsearch of Oldale\u2019s residence on May 9, 2017, recovered electronic media,\nincluding three laptop computers.&nbsp; A subsequent forensic review of the\ncomputers revealed that two of the computers had installations of browsers used\nto access the \u201cdark web,\u201d and some of the files accessed had titles consistent\nwith child pornography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ndark web is the part of the World Wide Web that requires specific software,\nconfigurations, or authorization to access, allowing users and website\noperators to remain anonymous.&nbsp; One of the laptops had previously\nconnected to a dark web site used to exchange child pornography.&nbsp; The third\ncomputer contained image and video files of children with exposed genitalia,\nincluding in public bathrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>On July 5, 2017, Montgomery County Police officers executed a second search warrant at Oldale\u2019s residence and seized among other items, three \u201cspy cameras,\u201d five \u00a0MicroSD cards (small memory cards used in cameras and phones to store information), and five USB drives.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p><p><em>All of the removable media contained videos created using surreptitious \u201cspy\u201d cameras that had been placed by Oldale in bathrooms in his residence.\u00a0 Another MicroSD card contained the titles of encrypted files that had been erased from the card, and the titles were indicative of child pornography.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos\nrecorded in the bathrooms show that the cameras were placed at waist height or\nlower, for example under the sink and in a basket in the shower, and that\nmultiple cameras were placed in a bathroom.&nbsp; The videos show that Oldale\nwould enter the bathroom to adjust the cameras just before children entered the\nbathrooms and just after the children left.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between\nMay and July 2017, Oldale recorded more than 1,000 videos using the hidden\ncameras in his bathrooms.&nbsp; The videos depict minor children changing into\nand out of bathing suits, taking showers, and using the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\nwere invited to \u201csplash parties\u201d at Oldale\u2019s residence in June and July 2017,\nincluding by e-mailed invitations sent to their parents.&nbsp; Children would\nbecome covered with grass while playing on an inflatable structure in the back\nyard.&nbsp; Oldale encouraged the children to change clothes or take showers\nbefore they went home.&nbsp; Of the approximately 79 children who appear in the\nvideos taken in the bathroom, approximately 52 are depicted nude at some point\nin the videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forensic\nanalysis of the USB drives revealed that Oldale stored videos in a nested file\nfolder structure.&nbsp; Subfolders were named for the month and within those\nfolders were additional subfolders with event names, like party or camp.&nbsp;\nOn two of the USB drives there were subfolders that included lists of children\u2019s\nnames followed by a description of the swimsuit worn by the child.&nbsp; In\nall, there were nine subfolders with names indicative of events and containing\nvideos of children in the bathrooms at Oldale\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a\nresult of his conviction, Oldale must register as a sex offender in the places\nwhere he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the\nSex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).&nbsp; In addition,\nOldale must pay a $400,000 money judgment in lieu of forfeiture of Oldale\u2019s\ninterest in his residence, which Oldale used to facilitate his crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See our\noriginal report on this story:&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/md-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-and-secretly-taping-84-kids-using-his-home-bathroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Md. man pleads guilty to child porn and secretly taping 84 kids\nusing his home bathroom<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source:&nbsp; U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, District\nof Maryland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>~ Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today \/ Connect with\nRichard on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between May and July 2017, Oldale recorded more than 1,000 videos using the hidden cameras in his home bathrooms.  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