Redwood City, CALIFORNIA

Nov 23, 2006 - Neal Sato, 35, physical education instructor at Central Middle School, was sentenced to six years in prison after he pleaded no contest to inappropriately touching and videotaping female students as they changed gym clothes.

The case was brought to San Carlos police by an eighth-grade student at the middle school who said Sato had secretly videotaped her while she changed her clothes. The victim said Sato told her she had to change her clothing in his office because the locker room was too crowded.

After the girl came forward, police detectives obtained a search warrant for Sato's home and seized two video cameras and two computers, which yielded more than 100 deleted files of girls changing into sports uniforms, and several images of child pornography.