A LaFayette, Georgia, man convicted of child molestation and spying on a female relative was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
According to a press release by the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, Micheal Forker, 74, had planted a hidden camera in a floor vent of the bathroom. A juvenile female who lived at the same residence as Forker discovered the camera and turned it over to staff at LaFayette High School.
The LaFayette Police Department executed a search warrant at Forker’s home. Law enforcement found a locked room that contained various computers and camera equipment, authorities said. An external hard drive contained hundreds of recordings over several years that depicted the minor using the bathroom, according to the press release.
There were also videos of Forker setting and moving the camera in the bathroom.
The victim testified that Forker had also molested her while he believed that she was asleep, the press release said.