ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) — A former school administrator at Parkland High School in Lehigh County has pleaded guilty following accusations that he secretly recorded a student changing clothes.
In 2024, Francis Anonia, 44, of Allentown, was charged with five felony counts each of intercept communications and criminal use of a communication facility, as well as nine misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy.
On Monday, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office announced that he pleaded guilty to all the charges.
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Anonia, who was a former chorus teacher and director of visual and performing arts with the school district, allegedly recorded a student while they changed their clothes in a school dressing room back in 2021.
Investigators say five secretly recorded videos of a student were found on Anonia’s phone.
He faces a possible sentence of 44 to 88 years in state prison. He’ll also be required to register as a sex offender for at least the next 15 years.
Sentencing is scheduled for February 12.
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