– The Smith County sheriff’s department confirmed a man was arrested for putting a recording device in a bathroom at a cheerleading gym in Smith County and could be connected to a similar incident.

Andrew Halford was charged with unlawful photographing and criminal attempt on Thursday. Halford’s arrest comes after the Smith County Sheriff’s office said a recording device at Smith County Elite Cheerleading and Gymnastics.

The sheriff’s department said Halford, an instructor at Smith County Elite Cheerleading and Gymnastics, confessed to putting a backpack with a GoPro camera in the bathroom on January 14. He told the business owner that he captured a video of the victims changing clothes.

Halford worked as a coach a Premier Athletics in Franklin. A camera was found inside a girls’ changing and restroom at Premier Athletics. It contained videos of 60 females, mostly minors. Franklin Police detectives believe the suspect had been intermittently staging the camera to capture video in the restroom since September.