Secret camera found in county office in Ohio: ‘Despicable display of corruption’ [Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio]
Feb. 1 No criminal charges have been filed after a hidden surveillance camera was discovered in the wall of a safety building office in Miami County north of Dayton, but the county prosecutor called the case a “despicable display of corruption and misuse of power.”
Miami County Sheriff’s detective Lt. Jason Moore launched an investigation Dec. 9 after he determined a covert camera likely was installed in 2015 by then-county IT Director Matt Watkins. Watkins told investigators he installed the camera at the direction of former Miami County Commissioner John “Bud” O’Brien, according to county documents and recorded sheriff’s interviews obtained by the Journal-News.