A former maintenance employee with the Nitro Swimming club in Austin, Texas has been arrested and accused of hiding a camera in a girls locker room at the swimming facility, according to the owners of the club. August 17th, Club , News. Kenneth Lee Briggs, 42, was an employee with the club for just under a year, between July and March According to club management, Briggs passed all standard background checks when he was hired, but was fired in March of when the club learned that he had misused company credit cards.
The team email says Homeland Security investigators approached the club this year as part of their investigation into Briggs, and that the club was asked to identify headshots taken from the camera allegedly hidden by Briggs. Nitro passed along this statement about Briggs, which echoed what was included in the email to the team:. Unfortunately, it appears that a former employee—who passed all background checks upon hiring—breached that trust.
Homeland Security is investigating this former maintenance employee—Kenneth Lee Briggs—who worked for our company from mid to early They uncovered evidence that he used a hidden camera to photograph people in a locker room at our Cedar Park facility at some point during his employment.
To date, it has been impossible to identify anyone in any photo. We will not rest until this person, if convicted, is brought to justice. In more than 10 years of operation, this is the first such incident. Mugshots has his arrest for possession of child pornography with intent to distribute in November So it has taken this long for authorities to back check his employment.
It really is frustrating the amount of red tape these agencies have to go through while building a case. I assume there were all kinds of bureaucratic hoops to jump through, etc. I think this is an extreme case, but I knew a guy in the Navy who got in trouble for this kind … Read more ». Being in state custody makes for a far more difficult defence compared to someone who can pay bail if available. Also if found innocent how do they get that time back?
