Janitor at Brentwood elementary school arrested on peeping charges

Williamson County Schools officials said a custodian was found above an open tile space in a girls bathroom at Scales Elementary School in Brentwood on Friday.

A janitor who was contracted to work at the school through GCA Services in Nashville was found by a maintenance worker in the crawl space above the bathroom, Williamson County Schools spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said Friday night.

Williamson County Sheriffs Department officials were on the scene of the incident, though no criminal charges have yet been filed. Spokeswoman Sharon Puckett said authorities were questioning a person of interest in the case as of Friday night.

The maintenance worker told district officials he noticed something was wrong when he repeatedly fixed a misplaced tile in the bathroom, only to find it taken out again moments later. He then looked up and saw the janitor sitting in the crawlspace above the ceiling, Birdsong said.

There is no reason for the janitor to be in the ceiling, she said.

School resource officers then looked at other girls and faculty bathrooms at the school to find misplaced tiles there, as well.

Birdsong said she was told the janitor would not be allowed to return to the school.

The suspect had not been booked into the Williamson County Jail on any charges as of 8 p.m. Friday, a booking officer said.

School officials had a meeting Friday evening at the school to alert parents to the situation, Birdsong said. More than 500 parents attended, she said.

Nancy Windley, a mother of two children at the school and its PTO president, said she and other parents were upset about the situation but thankful school officials handled the situation immediately and told parents quickly.

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Janitor at Brentwood elementary school arrested on peeping charges