15-Year-Old 'Peeping Tom' Arrested At Hiram High

HIRAM, GA — A 15-year-old boy at Hiram High School has been arrested for peeping into girls restrooms.

On Thursday, the school's administration was alerted about a student possibly looking into a restroom through peep holes in the ceiling tiles.

Another student saw the teen and took a picture of him climbing down from the ceiling of the boy's bathroom, according to the Paulding County Sheriff's Office.

As soon as the witness told administrators, they contacted the sheriff's office. School resource officers and detectives with the office's Crime Against Children division began an investigation and, based on photographic evidence and interviews, were quickly able to determine a suspect.

The sheriff's office is not releasing the suspect's name because of his age.

Once identified, he was taken to the sheriff's office where he was interviewed by detectives. They learned that at least four girls bathrooms had been targeted, with multiple peep holes placed in each.

The sheriff's office said that, as of Friday morning, it does not have any evidence that photographs or video was taken of any female students through the holes.

Detectives believe the suspect would climb through ceiling tiles in the boys bathroom and over a wall, which allowed him access to the girls bathroom ceiling.

He was charged with two counts of Peeping Tom and detained at the Regional Youth Detention Center until his first court appearance.

The Paulding County school district has repaired all of the damaged ceiling tiles, the sheriff's department said.

Anyone with information about the incident, or who thinks they or their child might have been victimized, is asked to call the Paulding County Sheriff's Office Crime Against Children division at 770-445-6105.

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