Lawyer Arrested For Putting Camera Under Woman’s Desk
Posted By - Kendra Mackey

Cobb County, GA — A Cobb County attorney was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly placing a video camera under a female co-worker’s desk.

Police say the woman, an employee of Merritt & Tenny Law Firm, located at 200 Galleria Parkway, discovered the camera underneath her work desk earlier this week. She immediately notified Cobb County police.

With the assistance of the Cobb County Police Department’s High Tech Crime Squad, detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit secured a warrant for 57-year old James Frederick Tenney, a partner at the law firm.

Tenney was booked into the Cobb County jail and charged with 3-counts of Unlawful Surveillance. He posted a $10,000 bond and was released.

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After reading this story at 11Alive.com, I saw the following comment:

“He’s likely to be acquitted. She was at work with no expectation of privacy and her employer has every right to place surveillance equipment, and can monitor everything an employee does (including read private emails sent on company equipment), without the employee’s consent.

He can argue the employer is not responsible if the employee wears skirts that are not long enough for modesty when sitting (it’s her choice not to wear slacks or longer skirts, not his). What happens when she sits down in a chair (without a desk), public restaurant, or a meeting? Does her skirt suddenly cover more? If not then he isn’t responsible for what the camera records.

All this super sleez has to do is come up with a plausible reason to explain why the camera was placed under her desk (i.e. she was accused of stealing and putting things in her purse under the desk where normal room surveillance can’t see) and he’s probably home free.”

What do you think? Speak on it.