A Maryland high school employee accused of secretly recording female students in a school changing room is facing additional criminal charges after investigators identified eight more alleged victims during an expanded investigation.
James Mulhern III, an employee at Walter Johnson High School in Montgomery County, now faces 12 counts of abuse of a minor after investigators said newly recovered videos showed a total of 12 female students in various stages of undress.
The investigation began after two students discovered a video camera in the control booth of Walter Johnson High School's theater on April 7.
One of the students reviewed the memory card and found videos recorded inside the girls changing room before alerting school administrators.
Police said the footage showed an adult male placing the camera inside the room before leaving.
The school's principal identified the man as Mulhern, a media services technician at the school.
Detectives executed search warrants at the high school and Mulhern's Clarksburg home, where they recovered items of evidentiary value and seized several electronic devices, according to police.
A judge ordered Mulhern's release on a $100,000 unsecured personal bond with conditions that he stay away from Walter Johnson High School, have no contact with minors and have only supervised contact with his 4-year-old son.
Mulhern could face up to 300 years behind bars if convicted on all 12 counts of abuse of a minor, each carrying a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison under Maryland law.
The state's attorney has heightened concerns in the case due to the newly uncovered evidence.
