A Slatington man previously convicted of indecent assault of a child is accused of taking a photo of a 10-year-old child’s buttocks while working as a repairman at a home in Lower Macungie Township, according to authorities.
Douglas Royer, 62, is charged with a misdemeanor of invasion of privacy for allegedly taking the photo in the home Sept. 24.
Royer was at the home working on its heating system when the victim, a 10-year-old girl, got his phone for him while he was working underneath the home, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan.
She went under the home to give him the phone, and while she was crawling out, Royer took the photo with his phone, the DA said in a news release. She was not aware he took the photo, but Royer showed it to her and asked if he should delete it, the release states.
Investigators got a search warrant to access the phone, where they found the photo, the DA said.
Royer remains free after posting $150,000 bail. Due to his previous conviction, he faces a mandatory sentence of 25 years in state prison if convicted of the invasion of privacy charge, Holihan said.
He was found guilty in 2004 of indecent assault, indecent assault of someone younger than 13 and corruption of minors for having sexual contact with a girl in Whitehall Township. He was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison, and had to register as a sex offender.