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Teacher accused of putting video camera in restroom

Special to the Immokalee Bulletin

Posted 4/25/22

IMMOKALEE -- A Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) teacher has been charged with a felony ...

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Teacher accused of putting video camera in restroom

Posted Monday, April 25, 2022 12:20 pm

Special to the Immokalee Bulletin

IMMOKALEE -- A Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) teacher has been charged with a felony after an investigation regarding a video camera placed in a restroom at Pinecrest Elementary School in Immokalee.

Diego Alberto Rojas-Pulido, 37, is charged with video voyeurism - offender 24 or older and victim under 16. The charge is a second-degree felony.

Deputies say three students discovered what appeared to be a video recording device attached to a metal tissue box in the restroom adjacent to the classroom where Rojas-Pulido was teaching on April 19. The students reported it to Rojas-Pulido, who removed the device from the restroom but did not report it to the school administration.

On April 20, one of the students told a school counselor, who immediately reported it to the school’s principal and Collier County Sheriff's Office.

CCPS then immediately removed Rojas-Pulido from the school.

On the evening of April 21, deputies were called to Rojas-Pulido’s residence at 14870 Pleasant Bay Ln #1203 after Rojas-Pulido reportedly attempted to take his own life. He was transported to a Lee County hospital for treatment.

He was served with the Collier County arrest warrant in the hospital on Friday after detectives developed probable cause for the charge.

The investigation continues.

Keywords

Immokalee, school, camera, restroom

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