Ex-SE Texas educator faces charges in Waco,
Doyen, former West Hardin CISD interim superintendent, charged with putting
hidden camera in restroom
A former West Hardin Consolidated Independent School District interim superintendent is scheduled to appear in a Waco courtroom today on charges of placing a hidden camera in a Waco-area school district restroom.A McLennan County grand jury indicted Danny Doyen, 46, Jan. 11 on two counts of improper photo or visual recording, which is a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Doyen, who now lives near Waco with his family, worked at the West Hardin...
Officials: Hidden camera caught deputy stealing
A hidden camera caught a Ventura County sheriff's deputy stealing money from an Oak View storefront cash drawer leading to the deputy's arrest Tuesday morning authorities said. Paul Tinoco 28 was released on his own recognizance shortly after his arrest on suspicion of stealing less than $100 over several weeks said Keith Parks sheriff's department spokesman. He could face felony burglary charges."It's not a lot of money (but) to...
Appeals Court Removes Ban on Hidden Camera
Courts: 'Inside Edition' attorneys hail decision as a victory for TV journalists' First Amendment rights. Disputed footage will be aired Thursday.
In a case that has ramifications for TV news-gathering techniques, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has removed a temporary restraining order preventing the broadcast of a hidden-camera interview on the syndicated magazine show "Inside Edition."But the decision, while prohibiting the blocking of the disputed footage, did not address other issues about hidden-camera interviews in TV news. Those issues are likely to be pursued in other legal action....
ABC'S HIDDEN CAMERAS BRING SPATE OF LAWSUITS
ABC's "PrimeTime Live" and its star anchor, Diane Sawyer, have been sued by medical laboratories in Arizona and California that claim their privacy was invaded during a hidden-camera investigation last year.The lawsuits were filed in connection with a May 18, 1994, story that revealed what Sawyer called "widespread inaccuracies" in the reading of pap smears, which detect cervical cancer in women.They are the latest in a...
Sorting out what the hidden camera saw,
ABC's PrimeTime Live gets sued again
On June 28, 1996, three casually dressed young African-American men in a black Mercedes were stopped by police after the driver committed a minor traffic violation in the small, blue-collar town of Jamesburg, N.J. The white patrolmen frisked the young men, searched the car, then sent them off without issuing a ticket. What the police didn't know was that the Mercedes was equipped with a hidden camera. The young men--two college students and one recent college graduate--had been...