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Ann's Studio of Dance on Whitesburg Drive. (Paul Gattis/pgattis@al.com)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A dance studio and car dealership were among the businesses where a janitor charged with producing child pornography placed hidden cameras, Alabama's State Bureau of Investigation said Friday night. Huntsville Hospital's child care center was initially named in a statement released by the SBI as a location of a hidden camera, but was removed in an updated statement released two hours later.

Ann's Studio of Dance on Whitesburg Drive and Bentley Automotive Cadillac were named as one of three businesses where Jeremy Joseph Nelson allegedly placed the cameras while working at the businesses as a janitor employed by Sanitary Systems of New Market.

Nelson has been charged with four counts of producing child pornography and is being held in Madison County Jail on $60,000 bond. Court documents filed Friday said Nelson made videos of children that showed their breasts and vaginal area.

Nelson had access to the facilities while working as a janitor for Sanitary Systems in New Market.

Federal charges are expected to be filed in the case as well, according to Bryan Cox, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In an affidavit filed in Madison County District Court by the SBI on Friday, Nelson is accused of producing videos of nude children exposing their breast and vaginal area.

According to the statement from the SBI, Nelson's arrest stems from an ongoing investigation in which ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received a tip through their Cyber Crimes Center relating to Internet-based criminal activity in Huntsville. HSI requested the assistance of SBI in this investigation. HSI and SBI agents conducted interviews which revealed Nelson was in possession of child pornography.

Efforts to reach Ann Brown, the owner of Ann's Studio of Dance, were not successful on Friday. The studio is closed this week for fall break.

Nelson is scheduled to be in court on Oct. 22 for a felony exam to determine if he needs a court-appointed attorney.

Television station WHNT-Channel 19 in downtown Huntsville has already reported it was one of the businesses where Nelson placed a hidden camera.

WHNT, a news partner of AL.com, reported that Nelson told agents there was still an active camera in the women's restroom at the television station. Agents found the camera where Nelson said it was.

The third business was Bentley Buick GMC Cadillac Drake Avenue, which released a statement to WHNT on Friday in which they said no cameras were found upon inspection of the business's restrooms, and no images from Bentley Automotive Cadillac had been found to date. The dealership has replaced all physical locks and terminated the janitorial service, according to the statement. Additionally, the company is conducting a complete inspection of all Bentley restrooms for monitoring devices, the statement said.

WHNT also reported that agents said that while no active cameras were found at the dance studio or the car dealership, investigators confirmed that both businesses had active cameras in restrooms or changing rooms at one time.

Agents said cameras were placed in women's and co-ed restrooms at the businesses for an undetermined length of time, according to WHNT.

SBI and HSI said they are are working in partnership with the National Children's Advocacy Center in Huntsville. The SBI and HSI is requesting that anyone who feels that they may have been victimized, email abihsisurvey@nationalcac.org and request a questionnaire. After the questionnaire has been completed and returned, the respondent will be contacted by an investigator, the SBI said.

HSI and SBI agents have recovered cameras, computers, and storage devices from Nelson that have been sent to SBI's computer forensics laboratory for analysis, according to Friday's press release.

AL.com reporter Brian Lawson contributed to this report.

UPDATED on Oct. 10, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. to clarify that investigators removed Huntsville Hospital child care center as a location of a hidden camera.