Prosecutors drop charge against FBI guard accused of dressing room spying at W.Va. mall

FBI guard’s dressing room spying case dismissed

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Prosecutors in West Virginia have dropped a misdemeanor charge that accused an FBI security guard of spying on girls as they tried on prom gowns at a Fairmont mall.

A Marion County magistrate convicted Charles Brian Hommema of invasion of privacy in December.

Hommema appealed his conviction and a bench trial was set for Tuesday. But the case was dismissed after Marion County Assistant Eric Wildman said the state determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence.

Authorities had said a surveillance camera outside the FBI’s Middletown Mall office was aimed at temporary changing rooms and zoomed in on girls as they tried on prom gowns at a charity event.

Fellow guard Gary Sutton Jr. was previously sentenced to probation in the case.

Information from: Times West Virginian, www.timeswv.com