OH - A 24-year veteran of the Mayfield Heights Fire Department could face dozens of charges after police accused him of placing hidden cameras in a Geauga County YMCA and his home in Chardon, where he secretly taped at least two teenage boys, investigators said.
Daniel J. Serge, 51, was charged Monday morning with pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor...
Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland said he expects more charges to come after his deputies and state investigators finish combing through 60 videotapes, which average eight hours, and analyzing Serge's computer...
The investigation into Serge began last Tuesday when a worker at the Munson YMCA found an air freshener with a blinking light in a men's bathroom stall. The worker discovered the freshener contained a camera. Investigators think it had been there less than a day...
They found pinhole cameras, about an ⅛-inch in diameter, hidden in three of the four walls in Serge's bathroom. Wires hidden in the walls connected the cameras to recording equipment in a closet, McClelland said...
Serge worked for about three years with the nonprofit Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation, which organizes hunting trips for children and teenagers who have life-threatening illnesses. (more)
