State v. Esnes, A-3751-19

This is a case where the main offender remains free.

In an elementary school, someone kept bleeding under the toilet seat for a long period of time. The eventual criminal defendant would not stand for this. He complained to other teachers and even the school nurse, but the problem persisted. Then Defendant, a physical education teacher, decided to catch this Red Ghost, and so installed a camera under the lip of the bathroom sink pointed at the stall to see who was using the bathroom at relevant times.

Those among you with a passing acquaintance of privacy law may see a problem with this approach. When someone other than Defendant found the camera, those problems manifested in the form of criminal charges--and eventually convictions.

The Red Ghost remains at large.

Pro tip: Future vigilantes take note! Bathrooms typically only have one door. Put the camera outside the bathroom! You'll still get fired, but you'll have less criminal exposure.