David Lista
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(03/12/08 - Initial BBT Report)
David Lista, 35, an English and leadership teacher at Mills High School in Millbrae, California has been arrested on allegations that he recorded female students using a restroom adjacent to his classroom.
Lista is accused of mounting a video camera inside a false ceiling in the restroom, using a small hole in a ceiling panel to permit making a video record of those using the restroom.
It is alleged that Lista recorded up to 19 individuals using the restroom over a period of one to two months.
Lista was arrested after a technology coordinator at the school trying to determine why the school server was overloaded stumbled upon images of students using the bathroom. That find prompted a search of Lista’s home during which a small amount of methamphetamine was allegedly found.
Following his arrest, Lista was released on $10,000 bail with his arraignment set for April 8th.
08/28/08 - No Contest Plea
David Lista, in a deal with prosecutors, pleaded no contest today to allegations that he downloaded child pornography from the Internet and videotaped female students using the school bathroom according to a chief deputy district attorney.
Lista pleaded no contest to one felony count of possession of child pornography, one count felony possession of methamphetamine and two counts of misdemeanor improper videotaping.
Sentencing for Lista is set for October 30th and he faces up to two years in state prison.
Lista will be required to register as a sex offender.
10/31/08 - Sentencing Delayed
Sentencing for David List was delayed a month yesterday because a doctor needs more time to assess if he remains a threat to the community.
Lista’s sentencing is now set for November 24th.
11/24/08 - Sentencing
David Lista has been sentenced to two years in state prison.
Lista will be required to register as a sex offender.
References:
Ex-Millbrae schoolteacher who filmed in girls bathroom gets 2 years (11/24/08)
Former teacher’s porn sentencing delayed (10/31/08)
Peeping Tom High School Teacher Pleads No Contest (08/28/08)
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PLEADS NO CONTEST TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, FILMING OF GIRLS’ BATHROOM (08/28/08)
Police: Teacher admits to filming (3/13/08)
David Lista Admits to Filming Students in Bathroom (3/12/08)
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Does anyone know if it’s a crime to record only the sounds of someone going to the bathroom, not a video recording of the person or the event?
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I would be certain that they are not available - the FOIA does not allow for disclosure of identities of victims who are minors.
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Professor Pat, Are you sure the videos can be obtained by the public? Aren’t they considered child porn or something along that line? After all, they are video recordings of minor female students taking a crap. I think you are mistaken, but then again it’s in California where anything perverted is acceptable.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 am
Knocknock, you’ll be happy to learn that yes, the videotapes are available to the general public under the Freedom of Information Act. From what I understand though, the girls using this particular bathroom were all going #2, so if watching nubile young ladies wiping poo poo off their butts turns you on, have at it.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Are the video recording he made available to us under the freedon of information act?
August 30th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Guru, thank God you are not a lawmaker. You have no clue.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Two Years!!! He is a sicko and he faces up to two years!!! I don’t believe that people should be required to register as a sex offender because they shouldn’t be leaving the prison system.