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Ex-camp director in Searcy sentenced after being convicted on video voyeurism & child porn charges

A former Camp Wyldewood director accused of video voyeurism has been sentenced.

SEARCY, Ark. — A former Arkansas camp director accused of video voyeurism has been sentenced.

Wyldewood Camp fired Powell as director after authorities in April 2018 found a recording device inside a woman's cabin. 

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Authorities say the camera contained several video clips with the adults and juvenile "in various stages of undress."

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The White County Sheriff's Office says Powell confessed to concealing the camera to target a woman.

On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, Robert Powell was convicted on 3 out of 4 charges. Two counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. He was also convicted on one count of video voyeurism. 

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He had a bench trial and the judge sentenced Powell to 72 months in prison.

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