Hampton man pleads guilty to recording minors in bathroom stall
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Hampton man pleaded guilty on Friday to producing child sexual abuse material after recording minors in a restroom.
On Sept. 4, 2021, 29-year-old Corey Mason used a phone to record two videos of minors exposed in a restroom at an amusement park, according to court documents.
The videos weren’t discovered until April 2022, during an investigation into Mason’s phone.
A few months prior, on Feb. 8, 2022, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Police Department requested assistance from the Naval Investigative Criminal Service to conduct a review of Mason’s cellphone relating to a video voyeurism in Portsmouth.
Investigators conducted a digital forensic extraction on Mason’s cellphone. An initial review of the cellphone extraction revealed several suspected recordings of males while utilizing bathroom stalls. On Feb. 14, 2022, further review identified the two videos of minors.
Then on April 13, 2022, NCIS obtained a federal search warrant to review the forensic extraction and found 141 voyeuristic videos taken in what appear to be bathroom stalls, including the two videos of minors.
Mason is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 18 and faces up to 20 years in prison.
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