Deptford teacher sentenced for secretly snapping student 'up-skirts'

The Courier-Post

Adam Mayr, a former teacher, was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for secretly photographing female students.

WOODBURY - A South Jersey teacher who secretly shot photos under female students' skirts is sentenced to 10 years in state prison, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor.

Adam L. Mayr, 39, was sentenced Friday to 10 years after pleading guilty to official misconduct and invasion of privacy.

Mayr — an English teacher at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Deptford since 2002 — must serve at least five years of the sentence, according to prosecutor's office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld.

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Mayr's photos were discovered in 2015, but police said the man had allegedly recorded teenager girls for about two years. More than 20 teen girls, about the age of 14, were recorded, according to the prosecutor's office.

Since his arrest, six civil lawsuits have been filed against Mayr on behalf of the students, the prosecutor's office spokesman said.

Carly Q. Romalino; (856) 486-2476; cromalino@gannettnj.com