Coach charged with recording video in girls locker room

March 22, 2024 - 12:41 pm

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — A middle school track coach in Jackson County was arrested this week on charges he used his phone to film underaged girls getting undressed in a school locker room.

Ravenswood Police charged Thomas Allen Haines, 28, with two counts of producing child erotica and two counts of criminal invasion of privacy.

Officers were called to Ravenswood Grade School Thursday where they say Haines actually showed them the video he had taken in the dressing room of the school's girls track team. As far as police can tell, there was only one girl filmed in the act of changing clothes. She is also the one who noticed the phone hidden in the room and alerted her coach. The coach immediately alerted authorities.

Ravenswood Police Chief Lance Morrison said in the press release it appeared she was the only victim, but they were investigating and would take appropriate steps if they found additional victims.

Police say when confronted Haines showed them the video and admitted he'd put the phone in the same dressing room earlier in the week and recorded video of the same girl.

Haines is lodged in the South Central Regional Jail in lieu of bond.

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