DA offers Aikins deal in surveillance case
NORWICH – The District Attorney’s office has offered former Norwich City School District employee Jonathan L. Aikins a deal that would send him to state prison for the next one to three years.
In June, Aikins, a former swimming coach, was charged with unlawfully videotaping an unknown number of students in a girls locker room – allegedly between the months of February and June 2011 – at the Norwich High School.
On Wednesday, Aikins waived his right to appear before a grand jury.
Aikins could face a maximum sentence of up to 16 years if convicted at trial on all four counts of second degree unlawful surveillance, a class E felony, according to First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee.
Aikins’ defense has until Oct. 21 to either accept the plea deal or go to trial, he added.
Aikins was arrested following a police investigation at the high school on June 2 and was taken into custody later that day without incident, according to police. That afternoon, school officials alerted police to an audio/visual recording device – a cellular phone – that was found in a girls locker room at the high school.
A subsequent search warrant, issued by the county’s district attorney’s office, allowed police to investigate Aikins’ 47 Silver St. residence, where a second digital recording device was found.
Aikins was immediately suspended following his arrest.
A June 7 felony hearing on the charges was waived by Aikins’ lawyer, Frank Revoir, on his behalf. Aikins has been out on $1,000 cash bail since the day of his arrest. The district attorney’s office had requested bail be set at $50,000 due to the nature of the charges, said Dunshee, who added he is pleased with the speed at which the case against Aikins is moving.
Under New York state penal law, a person is guilty of second degree unlawful surveillance when, for no legitimate purpose, he or she intentionally uses or installs, or permits the utilization or installation of an imaging device to surreptitiously view, broadcast or record a person in a bedroom, changing room, fitting room restroom, toilet, bathroom, washroom, shower or any room assigned to guests or patrons in a motel, hotel or inn, without such person’s knowledge or consent.
In June, Aikins, a former swimming coach, was charged with unlawfully videotaping an unknown number of students in a girls locker room – allegedly between the months of February and June 2011 – at the Norwich High School.
On Wednesday, Aikins waived his right to appear before a grand jury.
Aikins could face a maximum sentence of up to 16 years if convicted at trial on all four counts of second degree unlawful surveillance, a class E felony, according to First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee.
Aikins’ defense has until Oct. 21 to either accept the plea deal or go to trial, he added.
Aikins was arrested following a police investigation at the high school on June 2 and was taken into custody later that day without incident, according to police. That afternoon, school officials alerted police to an audio/visual recording device – a cellular phone – that was found in a girls locker room at the high school.
A subsequent search warrant, issued by the county’s district attorney’s office, allowed police to investigate Aikins’ 47 Silver St. residence, where a second digital recording device was found.
Aikins was immediately suspended following his arrest.
A June 7 felony hearing on the charges was waived by Aikins’ lawyer, Frank Revoir, on his behalf. Aikins has been out on $1,000 cash bail since the day of his arrest. The district attorney’s office had requested bail be set at $50,000 due to the nature of the charges, said Dunshee, who added he is pleased with the speed at which the case against Aikins is moving.
Under New York state penal law, a person is guilty of second degree unlawful surveillance when, for no legitimate purpose, he or she intentionally uses or installs, or permits the utilization or installation of an imaging device to surreptitiously view, broadcast or record a person in a bedroom, changing room, fitting room restroom, toilet, bathroom, washroom, shower or any room assigned to guests or patrons in a motel, hotel or inn, without such person’s knowledge or consent.
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