The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 03:50 PM
Man Admits To Recording A Woman In Dorm Bathroom At UT Campus
Howard Sterling Hensley II was charged with unlawful photographing in violation of privacy after an incident on August 27 near Melrose Place.
Investigators say Hensley entered the women's restroom on the 7th floor of the women's wing of Hess Hall on August 27 at 4:06 a.m.
Reports allege that while Hensley was in the dorm hall restroom, he held an iPhone over a stall door and captured videos and photos of the female victim inside the stall without consent.
On September 4, officers came in contact with Hensley within 50 yards of Hess Hall. According to a criminal report, that's when Hensley confessed to having entered the women's restroom and holding his phone over the stall to record the female inside the stall.
