Complaint: Man took secret video of teen in shower

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NEW Media Staff

Bond was set at $15,000 cash for Michael James Bullock, 39, of Suring, after he was charged with invasion of privacy with a surveillance device and capturing an intimate representation of a victim younger than 18, in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred July 6.

A criminal complaint filed Sept. 6 in Oconto County Circuit Court indicates that investigators brought Bullock’s home computer to the state Division of Criminal Investigation office in Appleton on Aug. 30 to be searched by a forensic analyst.

The analyst allegedly found two videos showing a 17-year-old girl entering and exiting a shower. It appeared that the camera had been set up on the counter area of the bathroom and the girl did not seems to be aware it was there, the complaint said. The girl was recognizable from her driver’s license and a family photo her mother had shared with investigators.

The last few seconds of one video shows, about 90 seconds after the girl left the bathroom, a man entering who allegedly appeared “to fit the size and weight of Michael Bullock” and placing a cup on the counter near the camera before the recording ends, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, the analyst also located the videos in the computer’s “frequently viewed” folder, where 17 videos were listed in the quick access bar but appeared to have been reviewed.

Bullock’s initial court appearance was adjourned until Sept. 14, when Judge Michael T. Judge scheduled a preliminary hearing of the charges for Oct. 10.