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Park Ridge elementary custodian charged after leaving cell phone in staff bathroom

Park Ridge elementary school custodian charged with unlawful video recording
Park Ridge elementary school custodian charged with unlawful video recording 00:33

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) -- A custodian at Park Ridge elementary school is now on leave after being arrested for putting a camera in a staff bathroom.

Luis Rubio-Ortega, 37, is charged with felony unlawful video recording.

A female employee at Washington Elementary found a cell phone in recording mode near a toilet in the staff restroom on May 27.

Rubio-Ortega told detectives this week he put it there to record female staffers.

Rubio-Ortega appeared in bond court yesterday - where a judge set his bail at $50,000.

Custodian admits to putting recording phone in bathroom at Park Ridge elementary school 00:22
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