Video Camera Leads To Trespassing Charge

A man was charged with trespassing last week after his downstairs tenant found a video camera inside her heating vent.

Daryl Allen Hedges, 30, of Burley will appear in court later this month on two misdemeanor charges of trespassing.

Each carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $300 fine.

Janice Welsh had been renting the basement apartment for two months when she noticed light hitting an object in her vent, according to the Cassia County Sheriff’s Department.

Officials obtained a search warrant and found wires leading from the downstairs air duct to a videocassette recorder. Hedges arrived home while officers were investigating and agreed to cooperate, revealing several videos he had, police said.