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NANTICOKE &mdash; A Greater Nanticoke Area school director is facing charges alleging he placed hidden cameras in a bedroom of his home that recorded a woman he allowed to stay with him.
				Matthew Joseph Landmesser, 42, of 400 E. Union St., Nanticoke, was charged with three counts of invasion of privacy and a single count of intercept communications. He was arraigned by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township and released on $25,000 unsecured bail.
				Nanticoke police in court records say Landmesser installed hidden cameras that recorded the woman going about her daily activities in her bedroom with footage of her nude while changing clothes.
				Footage also shows Landmesser smelling the woman&rsquo;s clothes, trying on one of her bras and masturbating on a couch with the woman&rsquo;s clothes and blanket, court records say.
				According to the criminal complaint:
				A woman reported to police Landmesser allowed her to stay with him for three years describing their relationship as friends. She claimed Landmesser to be her Godfather who dated her mother.
				She told police she discovered three hidden cameras in a living room she used as a bedroom while her normal bedroom was being renovated.
				Cameras were positioned toward a couch where the woman slept, the complaint says.
				After finding the cameras, she uncovered video clips of herself in the bedroom recording of her day-to-day living including being nude while changing clothes.
				Footage shows Landmesser setting up the cameras including a video file labeled with a sexual reference.
				Police said the cameras contained memory cards and were no larger than a cigarette package. Cameras had to be recharged on a regular basis similar to a cellphone. Two cameras did not record audio while a third camera recorded audio, police noted.
				The camera with the audio recorded Landmesser using the woman&rsquo;s name while he masturbated with her clothes on the couch, the complaint says.
				Contents of the memory cards, the complaint says, shows Landmesser smelling the woman&rsquo;s clothes and trying on one of her bras.
				Police said the woman was not aware she was being recorded and did not give consent to be audio and video recorded. 
				When the woman confronted Landmesser, he apologized for recording her and said he &ldquo;messed up,&rdquo; the complaint says.
				Police on Jan. 28 served a search warrant at Landmesser&rsquo;s residence and seized a computer.
				During a search of the computer&rsquo;s contents, police allegedly recovered a document Landmesser wrote to the woman about five years ago. The letter professes Landmesser&rsquo;s love for the woman and made reference to when he met her when she was in the sixth grade as her case manager.
				At the time Landmesser wrote the letter, he worked for a counseling service, police noted.
				Landmesser wrote in the letter how jealous he was about the woman&rsquo;s other relationships and expressed his emotions about her lack of interest in his attempts to hug and kiss her, the complaint says.

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