ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) - A former St. Louis-area high school social studies teacher has been charged with videotaping female students without their knowledge.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 34-year-old Matthew Johnson was charged Friday in St. Louis County with second-degree invasion of privacy.
Maryland Heights police said the former Pattonville High School teacher captured "revealing glimpses" of the girls' bodies using a hidden camera shaped like a pen.
Johnson was arrested March 31 and resigned the same day. He had been with the district six years.
Pattonville Superintendent of Schools Michael A. Fulton said in a letter to parents that there is no evidence the videos were shared or that there was there inappropriate physical contact.
Bond has been set at $50,000. No attorney was listed for Johnson in online court records.