A teacher with Collier County Public Schools is in hot water. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says an investigation determined that the teacher put a video camera in a bathroom at Pinecrest Elementary School in Immokalee.
Diego Alberto Rojas-Pulido is facing one count of video voyeurism – offender 24 or older and victim under 16. This is a second-degree felony.
CCSO says the three students discovered what they thought was a video recording device attached to a metal toilet paper holder. This was in a bathroom near where Rojas-Pulido was teaching on Tuesday.
But, Rojas-Pulido apparently removed the device later in the day, students said. On Wednesday one of the students told a school counselor, who then reported it to Pinecrest’s principal and CCSO. The district removed Rojas-Pulido from the school.
Then, on Thursday, deputies went to Rojas-Pulido’s house in the 14000-block of Pleasant Bay Lane after they say he tried to take his own life. He was transported to a hospital in Lee County.
The suspect was served with an arrest warrant from CCSO in the hospital. A photo will be available once he is booked into jail.
This investigation remains ongoing.
Collier County Public Schools sent WINK News a statement: