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Women's college soccer team makes chilling discovery as man is found hiding in locker room ceiling
Sep 25 2026 16:29 · By Ben Nagle · 12 Reads
A man has been arrested on nearly a dozen counts of voyeurism after being found hiding in the locker room ceiling of a women's college soccer team in Ohio.
Jayson Barker, of Jeffersonville, was discovered on Tuesday evening after allegedly taking photos of the young athletes while they changed after practice at Wilmington College.
According to WLWT-TV, officers arrived at the Scheve Athletic Center on the school's property just before 9.40pm, where they found Barker already apprehended by campus safety personnel.
An investigation found that the man, reported locally to be 39 years old, was working at the school as a contract custodial employee.
He is alleged to have hidden himself in the ceiling of the girls' locker room, before being found by a member of the team.
'He climbed up and was able to push the ceiling tile,' Wilmington Police detective Matt Hamilton told reporters.
The women's soccer team at Wilmington College made a horrible discovery in the locker room
In a statement to local media, a spokesperson for Wilmington College said: 'The college's paramount concern is the safety and well-being of its students.
'We have been providing counseling and other support services for the affected students since Tuesday night and are taking measures to ensure that no student's safety or well-being is compromised. Also, the college continues to assist with law enforcement's investigation.'
In additional comments, Randal Sarvis, associate vice president for communications at Wilmington College, revealed that the building is 'being evaluated for additional security'.
He added: 'The person who was arrested is on a no-trespass order that if he appears on college property, he will be arrested.'
Barker was charged with 11 counts of voyeurism and is currently being held at the Clinton County Jail on a $22,000 cash surety bond.
He is due to appear in court on October 5 to face the charges, and police say they have obtained his cell phone to investigate whether he had previously been in the locker room, with the possibility of additional charges being added to the case.