FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man who took pictures of females inside tanning rooms is sentenced to prison.
Anthony Ciliberti, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney for Fayette County, announces that on June 10, 2021, Brian Todd Lanham age 34 and formerly of Fayetteville, was sentenced by Magistrate Sharon McGraw to 11 years of incarceration for 11 counts of Criminal Invasion of Privacy. Lanham pled guilty to these crimes on June 10, 2021. Lanham will serve a minimum of five and a half years in jail.
In April 2020, Lanham was working at a tanning salon business located in Oak Hill. Lanham used his position to gain access to the tanning bed area secretly. Lanham then used a cell phone to record videos of women who were in various stages of undressing without their knowledge or consent.
Det. Sgt investigated this crime. J.R. Pack of the Oak Hill Police Department. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sarah F. Smith prosecuted the case.