Army soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon, charged with videotaping women in West Point bathroom

(AP) WASHINGTON - An Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom, according to Army officials.

The case is the latest in a series of arrests and incidents of sexual misconduct across the military, and comes on the heels of a Pentagon report that estimated that as many as 26,000 service members may have been sexually assaulted last year.

The Army said Wednesday that Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon is facing charges of dereliction of duty, mistreatment, entering a women's bathroom without notice, and taking and possessing inappropriate photos and videos of at least a dozen women who were naked or in various states of undress.

McClendon was charged May 14, but some allegations date back to 2009. 

The military academy is located in West Point, N.Y.