Joel Frederick Deems [Photo courtesy Cottonwood Police]
On Thursday, a Yavapai County Superior Court jury found a Cottonwood man, Joel Frederick Deems, guilty of 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 10 counts of Voyeurism, and 10 counts of Surreptitious Viewing.
The case was tried in his absence because Deems failed to appear for his trial.
The case against the 51-year-old Deems began when his victim’s parents filed a report with the Clarkdale Police Department on December 18, 2016. The parents discovered hidden cameras in their children’s bathroom. Deems had been renting a room from the parents for six months.
Upon examination, the officers found two cameras in the bathroom that were disguised behind a mirror and some artwork. The artwork in the bathroom had been placed there by Deems “for the girls.” One camera was directed towards the toilet and the other towards the shower. The cameras were connected to cables that led in and out of Deems’s bedroom and then
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Updated Apr 28, 2021;
A Boston nanny is facing charges after being accused of sending and receiving images of child sexual abuse, and of talking about such child abuse on social media, authorities said Wednesday.
Stephanie Lak, 36, of Roxbury, during an interview with investigators on Tuesday, admitted to receiving and sending about 100 files of child sexual abuse material and talking about child abuse online with other social media users, according to a statement from the office of Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins.
Lak was arraigned Wednesday in the Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court on charges of possession of child pornography and distribution of material of a child in a sex act. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Poirier asked for $50,000 cash bail and Judge Debra A. DelVecchio set cash bail at $5,000 with a series of conditions, including to stay