Porn charges brought against former high school swim coach

INDIANAPOLIS – A former swim coach charged with child pornography possession now faces felonies tied to hidden video cameras that shot girls changing in an Indiana high school locker room.\nBrian D. Hindson, 40, has been charged with three counts of production of child pornography, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Hindson was arrested last week and charged with a felony count of possessing computer video files of child pornography.\nHis attorney, Gregg Stark, declined to comment on the case.\n“Right now, it’s unfortunately very premature as to what he’s facing and where we go from here,” Stark said.\nHindson was head coach and chief executive officer of Central Indiana Aquatics and a coach at Kokomo High School, where his swim club used the pool, according to a probable cause affidavit signed by Federal Bureau of Investigations agent Emily Odom.\nHindson has admitted to hiding video cameras in the locker rooms at Kokomo and Westfield high schools, according to court documents.\nThe latest charges stem from three videos that show girls changing in or out of bathing suits in the Kokomo locker room. One video appears to have been shot from a camera hidden in a locker, an affidavit states.\nThe other two appear to have been made by a person using a handheld camera and shooting through a door vent from an office next to the locker room. \nThe girls were not aware they were being filmed, said Steve DeBrota, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. He did not say whether they were swimmers Hindson coached.\nThe swimmers were identified after investigators showed the videos to the swimmers’ parents.\nDeBrota said investigators were still analyzing evidence.\n“We’re trying to determine the identity of any minors that are the victims of a federal crime in connection with these activities,” he said.\nHindson was charged with possessing child pornography after investigators found eight pornographic videos involving children on a hard drive in his Carmel, Ind., apartment, court documents state.