Photographer sentenced for secret nude photos

Published February 28, 2012 5:00am ET



A Fredericksburg photographer was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for snapping nude photos of females without their knowledge.

Craig Faulkner, 59, was sentenced in Fredericksburg Circuit Court to a total of 24 years with all but 30 months suspended.

According to the Fredericksburg News, police began investigating Faulkner after a Hooter’s worker went to Faulkner’s home to have pictures taken for a calendar.

A friend of the woman noticed a camera in the changing room video-taping the Hooter’s worker while she undressed, prosecutors said.

Faulkner told police that he had thrown the camera into the river, but police seized images from a computer, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Faulkner had been secretly taping women and girls for years and found more than 20 victims.