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Busted For "Upskirt" Teacher Photos

Cops: Georgia high school student showed images to classmates

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Busted For "Upskirt" Teacher Photos

FEBRUARY 12--Meet Curtis Pickard.

The Georgia student was arrested this week after he allegedly used his cell phone to take 'upskirt' photos of a teacher, which he then showed to fellow high schoolers. According to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office report, Pickard, 17, surreptitiously snapped photos of Greenbrier High School teacher Ellen Hotchkiss on Monday.

After several students on Tuesday told a school safety officer that he was showing the photos around, the officer seized Pickard's phone. The 33-year-old Hotchkiss, pictured at left, examined the images and 'identified her legs and underwear from the previous day.'

Pickard was charged with unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance and booked into the Columbia County Detention Center, where these mug shots were taken. He was released after posting $2600 bond on the felony rap. (4 pages)