Nurse's Hidden Camera Uncovers 9,000+ Child Sex Abuse Images: Police

Tennessee woman got the shock of her. life on Christmas morning last [music]. year. Wasn't a new car in the driveway. or fancy jewelry underneath the tree. No, instead she claims [music] she found. hidden cameras in her teenage daughter's. bedroom and bathroom seemingly recording. her [music] most private moments. And. now months later a registered nurse is. under arrest for this alleged gross. violation. [music]. And we are getting answers directly from. the sheriff himself about why [music]. this arrest took so long and what we can. expect next in the case against Cameron.

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at his job. Back in 2020 while working. at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, he was honored with a Daisy Award which. according to its website recognizes. extraordinary nurses. According to his. Facebook page, Sanders listed his. employer as Jackson-Madison County. General Hospital in Jackson. It's. unclear whether this is his most recent. nursing job, but here's the deal. Instead of receiving accolades right. now, he is in the headlines for a very. different reason.

He has been arrested, accused of. secretly recording the teen daughter of. the woman he was living with, and. investigators claim they found thousands. and thousands of child sexual abuse. images on his phone. So, we requested. the affidavit was filed against Sanders. in Tipton County Court to get more. details about the case, and it reveals. that investigation began over Christmas. last year when the victim's mother. contacted the Tipton County Sheriff's. Office because she reported finding. Wi-Fi live streaming video outlets in.

her 15-year-old daughter's bedroom and. bathroom. She apparently told deputies. that she removed the devices when she. realized they had cameras, but said the. SD slots didn't have SD cards in them. And according to the affidavit, neither. Sanders nor the teen was home at the. time. Deputies reportedly spent hours. trying to contact him before finally. finding him at his father's house. They. took his cell phone into evidence, and. what they allegedly found on that. device, horrific. A member of. Tennessee's Office of Safety and.

Homeland Security performed a digital. extraction, and the affidavit says the. phone contained more than 500 gigs of. raw data, including photos and videos. Reportedly found on that device were. more than 116,000. nude images and more than 4,000 nude. videos. And of those, almost 10,000. images and videos were suspected CSAM, child sexual abuse material. The sheer. scale of that, if you take these. allegations as true,

mind-boggling. Raises a lot of questions. that I'm going to get into about how. long does this material go back? How was. he able to allegedly accumulate it? Is. it just of the 15-year-old? Other. people? Are they being informed? I have. a lot of questions regarding these. allegations. Now, detectives, they also. asked for the assistance of the TBI, the. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. And. according to the affidavit, a special. agent's preliminary findings uncovered. 10 videos of the 15-year-old victim in. the shower, as well as more than 2,000. images and videos of what the affidavit. refers to as {quote} unlawful.

photography. As part of the. investigation, agents spoke with this. alleged victim. And I will tell you that. is where things take another turn. You. go to the affidavit, it reads {quote}. During a forensic interview on Tuesday, March 26, 2026, the victim confirmed the. presence of the hidden cameras in her. bedroom and bathroom in Cameron Sanders'. residence. Additionally, she disclosed. when she was approximately 13 to 14. years old, Cameron gave her his iPad to. use, but it had to stay at his house.

She stated they were in the process of. setting up her Apple ID on the iPad when. he left the room and laid it locked but. face up next to her on the couch. Cameron had given her his passcode, so. she opened the tablet up and observed a. fully nude photograph of Cameron. She. stated she immediately locked the iPad. and laid it down. {Quote} Based on. witness statements, physical evidence, and observations at scene, Cameron Scott. Sanders is charged with one count each. of aggravated unlawful photographing of.

a minor, one count each of unlawful. photography, and one count each of. solicitation of a minor by electronic. means. So, deputies, they arrested. Sanders on a felony warrant on May 31st. All these months later, they served a. search warrant on his home. According to. a press release from the sheriff's. office in Tipton County court records, Sanders has also been charged with. possession of a schedule two narcotic, specifically morphine and hydromorphone, which is an opioid used to treat pain, possession of schedule four drugs, specifically Xanax, lorazepam, and.

unlawful possession of a firearm during. the commission of a dangerous felony. According to the sheriff's office, they. found eight guns stored alongside these. drugs. And the sheriff says the nurse is. being held on a $250,000. bond. In a post on his Facebook page, the sheriff wrote, who we're going to. bring on in a minute, I don't even know. where to start. The allegations in this. case are deeply disturbing and strike at. the heart of our responsibility to. protect our children and youth. The. exploitation of children in any form is. reprehensible. The fact that Sanders. works at a profession entrusted with. caring for others makes these.

allegations even more troubling. Let. this serve as a reminder that those who. prey upon or exploit our children have. no place in our communities. We will use. every resource available to protect our. children and hold offenders accountable. Okay, now I want to hear directly from. the man himself. Joining me is Sheriff. Chadd Beasley uh to talk about this. very concerning, very disturbing case. Good to see you, sir. Um first of all, let's just start here. How are this. mother and daughter doing at this point?

>> Uh you know, obviously been a been. victimized by this whole thing, but uh. they are actually uh doing pretty well. Uh very supportive and um. they are excited, when I say excited, about the prosecution. Uh they see that this thing is moving. forward and the evidence that we have uh. recovered thus far. And uh so uh outside. the victimization of what they've gone. through, they've been great supporters. and uh we have been working well with.

them. Was it a complete shock? I mean, if you take these allegations as true. and what he's accused of, was this a. complete shock to them? Did they have. any sign of anything like this? >> No. No, had had no indication uh. anything until until the mother uh. suspected that some things that were uh. delivered to the home that look like. electrical outlets and they actually end. up being cameras that our suspect had. installed into the 15-year-old girl's uh.

bathroom and bedroom. >> Any indication how he was able to. allegedly do this, set all this up. without being detected sooner? >> Yeah, you know, I don't think it would. take much uh just to uh to change the. outlet cover or whatever it take very. little bit of time. These type cameras. are Wi-Fi capable. So there's nothing. more than getting them hooked up and. putting them on the Wi-Fi there at the. house. >> Has Sanders said anything since he's. been apprehended? >> No, he has not. >> So he lawyered up. I mean, is that what.

happened? >> He did as soon as we started trying to. do the interview and read him his. Miranda warnings, he he immediately. asked for an attorney. >> Human behavior, did he seem shocked when. he was arrested or did not seemed that. surprised and kind of defiant? >> You know, not really. He did not seem. shocked and I think that's because, you. know, this all started on Christmas. morning of last year and. the deputies who originally answered the. call were able to secure his cell phone. from him then. So I think he probably. knew what was on that cell phone. He.

knew what was on the cell phone and he. he knew that we probably were going to. recover that. So I don't think he was. completely shocked that he was being. arrested to be honest with you. >> Well, I I wanted you to clear up. something for our viewers or listeners. who might have a lot of questions cuz. they say wait a minute. The amount of time between the teen's. mother reporting the cameras and when. Sanders was arrested, can you explain. why the delay? Can you explain what was. going on behind the scenes? >> Sure. So as I said, Christmas morning of.

last year and this is just now unfolding. but. what [snorts]. the the reason for there's there's a few. things there. Number one, we had to get. a search warrant to get into the his. phone. Once that search warrant was. executed, it was done so with the help. of Homeland Security and when we started. seeing the number, it wasn't just. obviously it wasn't just this the. 15-year-old. There were well over. 100,000 images and videos that were.

recovered just from this one device. So you know, we only have one chance to. get it right. So we don't want to rush into anything. Um. We at at this point we had not had and. and obviously the the mother and the. 15-year-old victim uh had moved out of. the home. So, there was no urgency that. they were in any further danger at that. point. The she never called to complain. that he was stalking or trying to run. her down or anything like that. So, there wasn't an urgency that he was.

being violent about that or trying to. like I say stalk her or do anything to. her. So, when we look at the number of. images, it actually took our Homeland. Security and the Tennessee Bureau of. Investigation helped us to extract all. those videos and photographs. And when. you look in at over like I say over. 100,000 images and videos, it takes a. lot of time to download that. information, go through, see what type. of cases or what type of charges need to. be filed, how old victims are. And we've.

still got even since the press release. went out, we've got several people who. have come forward, other women who have. come forward uh wanting to know if they. have been victimized as well. >> I I. I was going to ask you that. So, so. let's just take a step back. You're. saying through this investigation you. found CSAM of other children. And if. that's the case, who are these people? Are these people that Sanders knew? Are. they strangers? Do can you give us any. indication if I'm if I'm correct in. understanding what your uh your. investigators found?

>> Yes, sir. So, uh. there there are different files of. different things. Uh we found uh there. have been uh videos that have been. linked to the dark web that he had been. searching and uh downloading videos from. the dark web of suspected uh children. Obviously, some of those and even in the. federal system, those videos have to be. verified that that is a 100% someone. under the 18 years of age. Again, those. sometimes take time as well to verify. the age of those people that's in the. video. And then again, there are some.

videos that are very obvious that. they're well under 18 years old. So, um. I think we what we look here, we have uh. what appears to be adult victims that. are of unsuspecting unlawful. photography. Uh not knowing that they. were being photographed and or videoed. in public places, um. workplace, things of that nature. >> Can you tell us if the feds are. involved? Not not just in the you. mentioned Homeland Security being. involved in the investigation, but are. we talking potential federal charges for.

Sanders? >> Absolutely. The uh it especially right. now what we know and and listen, after. the search warrant, um we recovered four. or five more electronic devices. that we are now preparing search. warrants to go through those devices as. well. So, we may uncover even more. evidence here. Obviously, it's unknown. yet, but yes, we briefed with the feds. They are very interested, especially. with the 15-year-old that was uh cuz.

actually he was producing at that point. when he was recording that video of the. 15-year-old being nude. You know, he's. producing child porn at that point. So, that definitely falls within the realm. of the uh federal system and they're. very very interested in that. >> Was he sharing it? Do you know if he was. sharing it with anybody? >> You know, we don't we're still waiting. on Homeland Security and TBI to help us. with that information. Uh so, we I don't know that we have that. answer 100% just yet. >> Do you know if Sanders was still working. as a nurse during the course of this.

investigation? >> He was. >> Is that concerning? I mean, is he. accused of any illegal activity in. connection with his work at the hospital. with patients, anything like that? >> You know, I think uh some of the people. who have called in thus far since the. press release, I think a few of those. are probably coworkers that he worked. with wanting to know. Again, they're. unsuspecting, but they're wanting to. know. So, we're trying to have to go. through many thousands of pictures to. try to identify if they were possibly a. suspect, I mean a victim. Obviously,

we're using TBI and Homeland Security to. help us do that with facial recognition. and and whatnot. So, you know, this case. is going to unfold for for quite a. while. But, as far as the workplace, I don't. know exactly how many images or what. kind what type of images. I do know I. have not obviously personally seen any. of those. I understand there are some. images from the workplace. You know, the. one thing about our medical field is.

it's like anybody else. There's one bad. apple can give everybody a black eye, right? But, we support our medical. field, our nurses, and this should not. give the whole profession a black eye. Right. Yes, it it does not look good. I. understand that, but it doesn't matter. whether it's law enforcement, the. clergy, banking, uh. media. It can be, you know, every. profession has a very small fraction of. someone that will give that black eye. to that profession. But, it's not fair.

to to say that the whole profession is. like that. >> 100% 100% I will tell you, you know, his. employer is going to face some tough. questions about the hiring practices. here, but that's a separate point. Let. me ask you this, any indication you can. tell us what he allegedly had on his. device or devices, how old it was, you. know, is it from the past 2 years, 3. years, 5 years, 10 years? It does become. a question, I think, an interesting. question if the allegations are true, how long he's been collecting this. material or producing this material.

>> You know, I think with the. I have not personally heard the dates of. how far back that goes. But, I think. with the the amount of digital data that. we have, you know, this likely goes back. for some time, you know, I would venture to say at least a year. We do know that the hidden cameras. inside the house were purchased and. installed, I believe, in November of. last year. And it took the the mother. about a month before she found those.

hidden cameras. >> And correct me if I'm wrong, he's just. charged one count each of the sex crimes. charges, right? I mean, why just that? Um. are you expecting additional state. charges? >> We do. We we do expect additional. charges to be filed. This is This is the. first uh. step of the judicial process for him. Uh this was something we had enough of. the images, we felt good enough that uh. especially off of this one device that.

we currently that we had at the time, we. extracted all that information. Let me. say this, with the number and especially. in the federal system and on the state. level, it can determine the number of. images you have as to how high your. sentencing range is. So, it doesn't have. to be maybe exactly we charge you with a. thousand child sex abuse or uh unlawful. photography or whatever. It can be a. charge and all of it can be under a. canopy of how many images it was. You. know, and that's that's where your high. end of sentencing and then the thing.

about it is. uh with Tennessee's truth and sentencing. law, uh. this falls under any any child charges. like this. uh falls within a 100% range of time. So, whatever time he's given, he's. facing up to a 100% state. And of. course, you know, in the federal system, it's 100% anyway. And you know, just. from what I understand, just on the. federal side right now with the. production of those uh videos that he. made and not just distributed, if he. distributed, but just the production of.

it, he's looking at roughly about 30. years on the federal system from what I. understand. or or you know, according to to them. >> And what about, if you know, on the. state charges that he's facing? Do you. know what he might be facing? >> It's probably going to roughly be. somewhere around the same. >> Wow. >> A lot of calls like that are very close. uh in range with the federal system And. in Tennessee. So yeah, so he's. he's facing some very serious time and. he should be. Everybody has right has a. right to do process. I understand that. But you know that sometimes there are.

those cases and this is one of them that. the evidence is just so overwhelming. You know, there's not a question if you. look at the the Facebook comments. I. mean, people are ready to to hang him on. the court square here in in Tipton. County, you know, so uh. when you when you start dealing with. children, people take it very seriously and they. should. >> It's interesting that you said people. are reaching out. Like after he was. arrested, people are now reaching out. If there's anything more you can tell us. about that or or and I don't know how it. works. If your team, Homeland Security,

they're going through these images, they're going through these videos, do they have they been contacting these. other alleged victims and explaining. what was found? I don't know how that. works. >> So a lot of these a lot of these people. that the the unsuspecting. we don't even know them. So it would take some type of a facial. being able So our lead detective here, some of the ladies that have called in. and are are concerned about whether they. have become a victim or not unknowingly.

become a victim. The detective has asked. him, "Can you please send me a photo of. yourself for facial recognition and. we'll have Homeland Security and TBI run. that through their system and see if. they can make a match with any of the. photographs or or videos. >> Sheriff, I just want to wrap this up by. talking about a human level here. You guys are the heroes. You guys, law. enforcement, do incredible work. You see. the worst of the worst. Seeing what is being described here, okay, having to look at these videos,

look at these images, taking these. allegations as true. Again, Sanders is. innocent until proven guilty, but going. through this material, how difficult is it for law enforcement. to look at this and assess this. >> Unbelievably difficult. Um. you know, when you start talking about. kids, children, uh and them becoming victims of crimes. such as this. Murder is murder, I get. that, but um you don't get much worse. than this. When you can treat and have.

stuff like that, you're holding and. possessing material like that, dealing. with kids. But listen, the number of. images, and not just our detective, but. also Homeland Security and TBI, each. case is a victim. And each case these. detectives uh have to go through, they. have to prepare themselves for court, they have to understand what they're. looking at. And just to see those. images, you know, I've worked those. cases before I was a detective, and. there's nothing nothing good about it. And it weighs on you, it weighs on you,

it it can affect you mentally. And we. try to watch that the mental health of. our detectives, especially the ones that. are dealing in, you know, child porn or. child sex abuse or something like that. Because it does, it is a it is a very. tough tough case for those detectives to. work. >> Listen, Sheriff. Thanks for coming on. and explaining it. Thank you for the. great work that you and your team have. been doing. Um again, you really. explained how not easy it is, but uh you. know, this [music] is a big development. Uh Sheriff Shannon Beasley, thank you. for taking the time to come here on. Sidebar to explain the situation.

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