An employee of the Rite of
Passage school and group home in Fricot City outside of Angel’s Camp was
arrested on a disorderly conduct charge last week after a co-worker discovered
that he had been secretly videotaping female staffers as they took showers,
according to the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department. Ross Estabrooks, 32, of
Jenny Lind was taken into custody at the San Andreas Fire Department, where he
is a volunteer, the Sheriff's Department reported to the Stockton Record. He is
being held in the County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.The Sheriff's Department
said the secret video recording came to light after a female co-worker decided
to make use of Estabrooks dorm room while he was away from work. She put what
she thought was a movie cassette into a VCR and instead saw images of a number
of female co-workers undressing, stepping into and then out of the shower. Investigators
said they have identified eight different women in the videos. They say they
believe the taping took place over a five-month period and ended in December.
They reported seizing a variety of evidence from Estabrook's room, including
pornographic videos and a camera.
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