PROVO — A high school custodian was arrested Wednesday for investigation of voyeurism.
Darren John Haymond, 23, of Salt Lake City, was arrested for allegedly hiding his cell phone in a bathroom stall and attempting to videotape or take pictures of girls.
The phone was discovered by a student who found it "concealed in a trash receptacle inside of the bathroom stall. The phone had pieces of trash on it in an attempt to conceal it. The phone was in a position to record an individual while using the bathroom," according to Provo police.
The phone was found after school had ended for the day, about 3 p.m. The student, believing it was simply dropped by another student, took it to school administrators, said Provo School District spokesman Greg Hudnall.
As school officials started going through the phone to figure out who it belonged to, they were led to Haymond, Hudnall said.
Hudnall said the phone was discovered before any pictures of girls were taken.
But a statement from Provo police said that as a vice principal was going through the phone to figure out who it belonged to, he "observed video on the phone of two separate female students in a Provo High School bathroom stall. There was also video of the individual/suspect placing the phone in the trash receptacle."
A short time later, Haymod tried to report that his cell phone was lost or had been stolen.
Haymond was a part-time custodian at Provo High School. He had been there since 2009.
Police were called and Haymond was arrested and fired from his job. "Behavior like this will not be tolerated," Hudnall said.
He said this was the first time he could recall something like this happening at Provo High School. Hudnall also noted that criminal background checks are conducted on all employees prior to being hired.
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