An Idaho Falls man arrested in late June for reportedly hiding a camera in a teenage girl’s room was arraigned Friday on new charges.
Eric Kidman, 23, was charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, in addition to the charge of sexual abuse of a child by making an electronic recording of a minor under 16. The charges come from a cache of child pornography discovered in a Dropbox account.
The 13-year-old victim from the original charge found a camera hidden in a plant in her room while she was watering it. Kidman initially denied hiding the camera but later admitted to police he had placed it in her room and destroyed the micro SD card to cover his tracks.
A video of the victim in her room from a different angle was discovered on his laptop. Another spy camera was delivered to Kidman’s address via the United States Postal Service on July 25, after Kidman had been arrested. more
