Man Secretly Recorded Females In The Bathroom At His Bucks Office: DA

QUAKERTOWN, PA — A family counselor was arrested on Thursday for placing covert cameras disguised as charging blocks to secretly record female patients and staff using the bathroom at his Quakertown office.

Jonathan Elliot Moyer, 54, of Alburtis, Lehigh County, was charged with one count each of interception of oral communications, possession of a device for interception of oral communications, and possession of an instrument of crime, and six counts of invasion of privacy.

He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Lisa J. Gaier who set bail at $150,000, 10 percent.

Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation after receiving information on March 3 that an individual discovered an electronic storage device that contained video of a man, later identified as Moyer, setting up a recording device in his Quakertown office. The device also had several other videos that showed females using the bathroom.

Moyer was a counselor at Empower Life Coaching & Counseling, with offices in Bally, Berks County, and at 523 W. Broad Street in Quakertown. Moyer was listed as the office’s program director, working
out of both the Berks County and Quakertown offices. His areas of practice were listed as drug and alcohol, anxiety, parent-child interaction, and family sessions.

On Tuesday morning, detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Quakertown Police Department spoke to the witness who found the micro-SD card and confirmed that Moyer was the individual in the video, which showed him setting up what appeared to be a hidden camera in the bathroom of the Quakertown office. The camera was located directly across from the toilet, investigators said.

Detectives said the storage device contained videos of several females using the toilet. Investigators said one of the individuals in the video had delicate facial features and may have been a younger female.

Based on the recordings, investigators said it appeared the females in the videos did not know they were being recorded.

At 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, investigators conducted three simultaneous search warrants at Moyer’s offices in Berks County and Quakertown and at Moyer’s residence in Alburtis.

When detectives contacted Moyer at the Quakertown office, he attempted to use the bathroom but was denied. During the search, police located a black legitimate charging block and a key fob that was later discovered to be a covert digital video recorder/camera with a micro-SD card in Moyer’s possession.

Inside the bathroom at the Quakertown office, police located a suspicious-looking black USB charging block plugged into the outlet underneath the bathroom sink and directly across from the toilet. Upon closer examination, the charging block was discovered to be a covert recording device, said investigators. When the face plate of the charging block was removed, it revealed a camera with a micro-SD card.

At Moyer's residence, in the basement where he lived, police seized several items that included numerous covert charging block cameras like the one found in the Quakertown office bathroom, a covert key fob camera like the one Moyer had in his possession, covert pens, and numerous
micro-SD cards and media storage devices.

So far, after a review of the initial micro-SD card, investigators said they believe four victims were recorded in secret. However, investigators believe that additional victims and violations will be uncovered after the seized items are analyzed.

The case remains under investigation by Bucks County Detective Phil Kulan and Quakertown Police Detective Ryan Naugle, with assistance from Berks County Detectives, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and the Horsham Township Police Department.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bucks County Detectives at 215-348-6354 or Quakertown Police at 215-536-5002.

Investigators have been in contact with the Buck County Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) and will continue to work with them to ensure services are provided to the victims. Anyone who needs their assistance is asked to call them at 800-675-6900.