Voyeur facing child-porn charges

A man arrested for voyeurism at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation building Feb. 6 is now facing charges of child pornography, according to IU Police Department reports.\nChristopher A. Casady, 40, of 400 Terrace Drive, was originally investigated by IUPD officers after someone reported a man peeping in the men’s locker room.\nCasady was placed under arrest Feb. 6 for peeping and public intoxication and was taken to the Monroe County Jail, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger. Casady was released Feb. 17 on a $700 cash bond.\nDuring questioning within the HPER in February, a video camera was found in a bag Casady had with him. IUPD obtained a warrant to search the camera and Casady’s apartment, where they found personally recorded DVDs containing more than 15 hours of footage, including “questionable material.”\n“On the tape were images of males in places where they would have an expectation of privacy, in various stages of undress,” Minger said in February.\nRecently, police discovered that some of the footage collected from his home came from the men’s bathroom at Bryan Park, 1001 S. Henderson St., Minger said. The images appear to have been recorded within a stall in the male bathroom, aimed at urinals.\nMost startling of the nature of the footage from Bryan Park is the age of those filmed.\n“Detectives determined that there were about 10 juveniles depicted,” Minger said. “About four of them were pre-teen, between ages 5 and 8.”\nMinger said the prosecutor in the case has put in a request to amend the charges against Casady to include child pornography, a Class D Felony. Casady was already facing a Class D felony of voyeurism.\nThe Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has a patrolman on duty during warmer months, but that position does not start until this weekend, said Mick Renneisen, the department’s director. The patrolman is responsible for patrolling 32 acres of Bloomington park property during his or her eight-hour daily shift.\nRenneisen recommended that citizens visiting parks also do their part to patrol the area.\n“Since we can’t be at all places to look at things,” he said, “being a vigilant park user and reporting suspicious activity to the park or police is the best response.”