Bristol Township man sentenced for secretly recording teen girls in bathroom
A Bristol Township man who pled guilty to hiding spy cameras in his bathroom to record his former girlfriend and her teen daughters was sentenced on Thursday, May 22, 2025, to six to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility.
In February, John V. Dutton, 55, entered guilty pleas to six counts of invasion of privacy, two counts of interception of oral communications, and one count of possession of a controlled substance.
At Thursday’s sentencing, Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller sentenced him to county jail, followed by 11 years of consecutive probation.
The investigation into Dutton began in August 2023 when the victims’ mother discovered what she believed to be a spy camera disguised as a USB cell phone charging port in the bathroom of their shared residence. Her two daughters and son also lived in the home. The mother became suspicious after Dutton insisted on either having no shower curtain or a clear one in the common bathroom.
Upon searching the bathroom, she located the USB charging device, which appeared to have a small camera positioned to view the shower. After unplugging the device, she left it in the bathroom. Moments later, Dutton entered the bathroom and remained inside for an extended period. When he left, the device was missing.
Further investigation revealed another camera in the pool cabana area of the backyard.
In November 2023, Bristol Township Police executed a search warrant on the home and seized Dutton’s cell phone. The phone contained videos of the girls undressing and showering in the bathroom, with a date range spanning from February 2021 to March 2023. During the search, police also located methamphetamine in the residence.
A subsequent search warrant executed on an iCloud account associated with Dutton’s other devices uncovered 261 audio and video recordings of the two girls in partial or full nudity in the bathroom, recorded between 2021 and 2023.
During the sentencing hearing, one of the victims provided a handwritten victim impact statement, which was read aloud.
In her statement, she wrote, “I have lost so many hours of sleep because I can’t turn thoughts and feelings off about these events. I drive myself insane about the dates and acts of the crime because it doesn’t make sense that a man who was in my life from 2011-2023 who was supposed to be a father figure, who loved cared, protected me would suddenly after all these years do that to my sister and I.” She concluded, “I am no longer the same and never will be.”
The investigation was conducted by Bristol Township Police Detective Al Asmann, with assistance from Bucks County Detectives. Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy prosecuted the case.
