Jason Brian Goff, Child Pornography, Florida 2024

A shocking case of child exploitation has come to light in Florida, where a high school janitor has been charged with filming students in the girls' locker room.

Jason Brian Goff, 42, of Starke, Florida, was arrested and charged with attempted production of child pornography. If convicted, Goff faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release.

According to court documents, Goff was employed as a custodian at Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where he had access to the girls' gym locker room. On August 22, 2019, two 14-year-old female students reported a suspected camera in an unassigned, locked locker in the girls' gym locker room.

When school administrators unlocked the locker, they discovered a cellphone taped to the inside wall of the locker with the camera lens pointed out of a pre-fabricated hole aimed at a changing area. A forensic review of the cellphone revealed images and videos of high school girls changing in the locker room.

The cellphone also contained 'selfie' photos of Goff and text messages from Goff's phone number. The evidence suggests that Goff had been secretly filming the students for an extended period, and the images and videos were later found on his cellphone.

Goff's detention hearing is scheduled for September 17, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., before the Honorable U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Klindt.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/high-school-janitor-charged-filming-students-girls-locker-room