Former custodian pleads guilty to voyeurism after girlfriend finds hidden-camera footage from US schools

Investigators noticed that the video of the young girl found on Mattson’s computer appeared to be in the Skyview girl’s locker room. — Photo by kevin Baquerizo on Unsplash

VANCOUVER, Washington: A former custodian at Vancouver Public Schools pleaded guilty this month to 137 counts of voyeurism after investigators found videos he’d secretly recorded from inside a high-school staff bathroom as well as a girl’s locker room, according to court documents.

James Mattson, 38, of Vancouver, is in custody at Clark County Corrections, where he’s awaiting sentencing in the case. He was fired from Vancouver Public Schools – where he’d worked since 2007 – shortly after being arrested in early October.