Rochester Man Going to Prison for Secretly Recording Minor Victim in Shower

Rochester, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced February 07, 2025, that Gregory M. Brooks, 53, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas M. Testani, who handled the case, stated that in February 2021, Brooks secretly placed a video camera in a bathroom where he knew that a Minor Victim showered. He positioned the camera to capture naked videos of the Minor Victim entering and exiting the shower.

Between February 2021, and August 31, 2023, Brooks received and stored the videos of child pornography captured by the video camera on his cellular telephone.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia, and the Greece Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Wood.