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Ex-teacher to be sentenced for recording kids

Posted at 5:57 PM, Dec 27, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-27 17:58:26-05

A former Ohio teacher accused of secretly recording kindergarten students using the bathroom is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading no contest.

Elliot Gornall was convicted in Ashland County after pleading to 181 counts, most for illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. The 33-year-old man could face lengthy prison time when he is sentenced Monday.

Authorities allege he recorded some two dozen students using a tiny camera installed in a bathroom next to his classroom in Loudonville.

Gornall denied the charges and argued images were improperly found on his computer, but a judge refused to suppress that evidence.

The prosecutor has said Gornall pleaded no contest to allow for an appeal over the evidence issue, and that it wasn't a plea deal.