Man accused of secret peeping facing more charges involving student in Alexander Co.
Peeping suspect accused of recording student By WBTV Web Staff | March 8, 2021 at 4:51 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 6:59 PM
TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - A man already in jail after being charged with more than 50 counts of secret peeping and nine counts of indecent liberties stemming from three years of videos taken in Alexander County is now facing more charges.
Alexander County Sheriff’s Office and Taylorsville Police Department officers arrested 32-year-old Michael Justin Childers at his home at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 4.
The arrest stems from an ongoing investigation beginning in Dec. 2020 that initiated from Wittenburg Elementary School in Alexander County.
The Hickory Public Schools, Alexander County Schools, Caldwell County Schools and WrapAround, and the Burke County Schools are all operating on a two-hour delay