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04-16-2008, 11:20 AM
Cops: Byram Hills Teacher Filmed Girls For 3 Years, Wanted 'Upskirt' Images For Own Gratification
A suburban teacher and coach is charged with using a hidden camera to videotape young women.
Police say the teacher took the video at Byram Hills High School. Cops are continuing to investigate exactly what the teacher was doing and why.
It's a tawdry scandal in tony Armonk, where gym teacher and baseball coach Quentin Lindsey is accused of secretly videotaping female students – apparently for his own sexual gratification.
One recent Byram Hills graduate said he couldn't believe it when he heard the news.
"He never showed any signs of being creepy in that kind of way," Mike Bottiglieri said. "He was very respectful towards girls and this and that, but, it's a big shocker.
New Castle Police arrested Lindsey on Friday, and charged him with unlawful surveillance in the second degree.
Cops say the hidden videotaping at Byram Hills had been going on for three years.
Law enforcement sources tell CBS 2 HD Lindsey had purchased a small video camera which he hid in a backpack, having a cut a hole in the backpack for the lens of the camera. Then he would leave the backpack in various parts of the school where young women would congregate.
The alleged goal was to obtain so-called "upskirt" pictures.
In a criminal complaint, cops say Lindsey, "Did use an imagining device to surreptitiously record the sexual or other intimate parts under the clothing being worn by numerous female students."
There was no answer at Lindsey's apartment in Sleepy Hollow. Neighbor Rob Baker – also a teacher – says the charge against Lindsey, if true, is a shocking breach of students' trust.
"To take their trust and then abuse it, it's like the worst thing you could possibly ever do," Baker said.
Late Monday, North Castle Police confiscated Lindsey's computer, as their investigation into his activities continues.
Lindsey has been suspended from his teaching and coaching positions pending the resolution of the charges against him.
CBS
A suburban teacher and coach is charged with using a hidden camera to videotape young women.
Police say the teacher took the video at Byram Hills High School. Cops are continuing to investigate exactly what the teacher was doing and why.
It's a tawdry scandal in tony Armonk, where gym teacher and baseball coach Quentin Lindsey is accused of secretly videotaping female students – apparently for his own sexual gratification.
One recent Byram Hills graduate said he couldn't believe it when he heard the news.
"He never showed any signs of being creepy in that kind of way," Mike Bottiglieri said. "He was very respectful towards girls and this and that, but, it's a big shocker.
New Castle Police arrested Lindsey on Friday, and charged him with unlawful surveillance in the second degree.
Cops say the hidden videotaping at Byram Hills had been going on for three years.
Law enforcement sources tell CBS 2 HD Lindsey had purchased a small video camera which he hid in a backpack, having a cut a hole in the backpack for the lens of the camera. Then he would leave the backpack in various parts of the school where young women would congregate.
The alleged goal was to obtain so-called "upskirt" pictures.
In a criminal complaint, cops say Lindsey, "Did use an imagining device to surreptitiously record the sexual or other intimate parts under the clothing being worn by numerous female students."
There was no answer at Lindsey's apartment in Sleepy Hollow. Neighbor Rob Baker – also a teacher – says the charge against Lindsey, if true, is a shocking breach of students' trust.
"To take their trust and then abuse it, it's like the worst thing you could possibly ever do," Baker said.
Late Monday, North Castle Police confiscated Lindsey's computer, as their investigation into his activities continues.
Lindsey has been suspended from his teaching and coaching positions pending the resolution of the charges against him.
CBS