Former Texas A&M employee arrested after police find hidden camera in women's campus bathroom Investigators recovered 800 videos of 42 female victims so far

Peter David Baty, 54, of College Station, was arrested May 16 and charged with invasive video recording. Peter David Baty, 54, of College Station, was arrested May 16 and charged with invasive video recording. Photo: Brazos County Jail Records Photo: Brazos County Jail Records Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Former Texas A&M employee arrested after police find hidden camera in women's campus bathroom 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A former Texas A&M Transportation Services employee is facing a felony charge after he was arrested for allegedly hiding a small camera in the women's restroom on the A&M campus.

Peter David Baty, 54, of College Station, was arrested May 16 and charged with invasive video recording. Baty allegedly hid a camera inside a phone charger device underneath the sink of a women's restroom at the Transit Building on Agronomy Road, according to a release from the university.

"We will not tolerate invasions of privacy against members of our campus community," TAMU President Michael K. Young said in the release. "Not only is this behavior a criminal act but it is also deeply counter to the values we hold dear at Texas A&M University. We are fully cooperating with authorities."

Texas A&M Police Lieutenant Bobby Richardson said a female employee found the camera, which had been recording nonstop for at least a few weeks. Richardson said investigators are still unsure how long the camera had been there and how far back video footage went.

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Officials said the single-use restroom is not accessible to the public and is mainly used by campus employees. Richardson said 42 victims have been identified so far and police suspect there could be more.

Investigators found an external hard drive with even more footage at Baty's home after executing a search warrant. Richardson said authorities have only begun to analyze the footage and suspect there could be countless more videos and possible victims.

"We are talking a lot of footage," Richardson said. "We had about a weeks worth [of footage] that we were able to find on the memory card but we expect the hard drive to [have] more [footage] and we are trying to figure out how far back it goes."

Baty resigned the day before he was arrested, according to the release. He made his $25,000 bond the next day, according to jail records.

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Women who work in the building were informed of the investigation.

"We realize that in cases like this family members and friends want to do their own investigations or confront the accused," Richardson said. "We hope all involved allow us to investigate the case so that justice can be served for every victim. It would be unfortunate if someone tried to take matters into their own hands, and then got in trouble themselves."

Anyone who thinks they might have been recorded and have not yet been contacted by authorities are asked to email their name and phone number to Det. Rogers at rrogers@tamu.edu.

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