4 videos found on swim-school employee's phone from hidden camera: Prosecutors

WAUKESHA, Wis. (WITI) -- Charges were filed Monday, Feb. 10 against a West Allis man accused of setting up a hidden camera inside Swimtastic in Waukesha. Jacob Masbruch, 21, faces five felonies: three counts of capture an intimate representation without consent (victim under age 18), and two counts of capture an intimate representation without consent.

According to a criminal complaint, on Feb. 5, police responded to Swimtastic on Tesch Court in Waukesha, where a 17-year-old female employee reported she noticed a Kleenex box with a small hole in it in a changing room after a swim lesson. She said the box was on a shelf, positioned so that the hole was facing the shower/changing area. The employee said she immediately reported this to management, and Masbruch, a Swimtastic employee, overheard the conversation.

The complaint said Masbruch then went into the changing room and when he came out, he told the employee he found a hidden camera, which he smashed and shoved down the drain in the boy's locker room. He said he got a picture of it and sent it to the owner, so the employee didn't need to worry about telling the owner.

The next day, at the police department, Masbruch denied involvement with the Kleenex box but did say he spoke with the 17-year-old employee about it. The complaint said he indicated he had discarded his phone, and his story changed multiple times.

During a second interview, prosecutors said Masbruch indicated he placed his phone in the box so that the lens lined up with the hole before the 17-year-old employee went into the room to change. The complaint said he did the same thing before a 16-year-old employee went into the room to change.

A search warrant was executed on Masbruch's phone, and prosecutors said at least four videos were found on it of victims ages 16, 17, 19, and 26.