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A former Boy Scout volunteer will now spend the next two decades in jail after he was sentenced for hiding cameras in bathrooms to record explicit material of children.41-year-old David Lee Nelson was officially sentenced on May 2. He pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempted production of child pornography. His victims were both male and female and ranged from ages 11 to 15. The crimes happened at a Boy Scout camp in Missouri.Besides being sentenced to 22 years in jail, Nelson was also ordered to pay $55,000 to victims and prevention programs. He's also ordered to pay an additional $6,810 to help cover counseling for the victims. On top of this, he will also be on supervised release for the rest of his life once he is out of jail and he will also be barred from having any contact with minors without permission.“Nelson’s crimes, they said, have now left them unable to trust others,” said a press release. “The victims also said they now experience fear and discomfort every time they try to use a public bathroom.”Nelson's attorney, Adam Fein, argued that he only get sentenced to 15 years in jail. Fein said that decades ago Nelson himself was victim of molestation at a Boy Scout summer camp.“David has been confined in a local jail with little to do other than reflect for four months shy of three years,” the defense sentencing memo said. “But, almost three years of reflection haven’t helped him understand the connection between his offense and its apparent mainspring: his molestation decades ago in a Boy Scout summer camp shower room. David can’t fathom why his molestation years earlier would have moved him to act as he did. Whatever the explanation, David hopes to get mental health treatment while in prison to grasp what he still can’t fully comprehend, better understand himself, and discover the motives and connections underlying his behavior."The cameras that Nelson set up were found by scouts and a camp leader who were cleaning out restroom stalls. The cameras were found taped inside of a paper towel dispenser and positioned to record the interior of the bathroom as well as the shower stalls. Immediately after being discovered, the cameras were turned over to the camp manager who then turned them over to the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department.Deputies quickly arrived on the scene and asked Nelson if he had left anything inside the bathrooms. Nelson told them that he had left his phone charger in a bathroom on July 22, 2021, and discovered it missing the next night. He said he went back and checked both bathrooms, but couldn't find his charger. He also said that he didn't leave behind anything else in either of the bathrooms.Once authorities were able to review the camera footage, multiple videos were discovered that showed the bathrooms on July 23, 2021, just one day after Nelson said he left his charger in the bathroom. The videos found showed two minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct and four other victims. In one of the videos discovered on the camera, Nelson can even be seen positioning it and manipulating his cell phone.According to authorities, none of the victims knew they were being recorded.The Boy Scouts of America issued a statement in regard to the incident:“The Greater St. Louis Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America places the safety and well-being of our Scouts, volunteers, and their families as our top priority. We are saddened, disturbed, and angered by this incident as it runs counter to everything we stand for at the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.”

A former Boy Scout volunteer will now spend the next two decades in jail after he was sentenced for hiding cameras in bathrooms to record explicit material of children.41-year-old David Lee Nelson was officially sentenced on May 2. He pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempted production of child pornography. His victims were both male and female and ranged from ages 11 to 15. The crimes happened at a Boy Scout camp in Missouri.Besides being sentenced to 22 years in jail, Nelson was also ordered to pay $55,000 to victims and prevention...

Boy Scout volunteer hid cameras in bathrooms to record kids, sentenced to decades in jail

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