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Ex-worker accused of zooming jail surveillance video in female dorm shower

BARTOW, Fla. — A former jail worker is accused of using the video surveillance system at a Polk County Jail to "zoom into the shower area of the female dorm."
 
The Ledger of Lakeland reports 60-year-old Joseph Berry pleaded no contest to charges of offense against a computer user and grand theft. A sentencing hearing is set for June 20.
 
Berry worked as a maintenance supervisor at the South County Jail when he was arrested in February 2013.
 
Deputies have also accused Berry of taking air-conditioning filters, a battery backup and computer monitors.