Student Charged with Secret Peeping, Phone Policy Reviewed

0:00It's April 28th. Welcome in. This is Durham News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. An 18-year-old, Wake County student named Jaden Isaiah Tyler Pompi faces 14 counts of felony secret peeping after allegedly filming up his. Teacher skirts. A judge just said his bond at $20,000 secured. The incidents happened between February 16th and March 2nd, with at least one at Wakefield High School where he was enrolled. He's been kicked out of there and switched to a virtual program called SCORE-B for students with discipline issues. Pompi's family showed up in court looking pretty shaken while he stayed calm on video feed. His lawyer says the family's all-in, already lining up counseling to get him back on track fast. School leaders say their phone policy, keeping devices often away in class matches state rules, and a new law cracks down even harder on kids pulling. Outphones to film stuff. They got asked if this sparks any changes to shield teachers better.

1:01Poppies banned from stepping foot on Wakefield's campus, and he'll be back in court May 19th to face the music. This case highlights how those phone restrictions aim to stop exactly this kind of violation in schools.