By Monica Land
COLUMBUS – Police Chief Selvain McQueen said a 35-year-old youth minister was arrested on Thursday, May 17, for allegedly using his cell phone to film a woman changing clothes in a dressing room.
Jeremy Van Hester, 35, of the 4000 block of Seely Road in Hamilton, was arrested and charged with photographing or filming another person without permission.
He was released on a $2,500 bond the same day.
McQueen said the incident allegedly took place at the Old Navy on Highway 45 in Columbus. The woman told police Hester had twice placed his phone over the stall of a dressing room and was attempting to film her as she undressed.
The woman, who was not identified, attempted to get Hester’s license plate number as he fled the parking lot.
Hester later turned himself in and was placed in a lineup where he was positively identified.
Hester is the youth minister at Center Hill Baptist Church in Hamilton and a boy’s baseball coach.
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