Video recording Police leads to felony charge.
Brian D. Kelly didn't think he was doing anything illegal when he used
his videocamera to record a Carlisle police officer during a traffic
stop. Making movies is one of his hobbies, he said, and the stop was
just another interesting event to film.
Now he's worried about going to prison or being burdened with a criminal
record.
Kelly, 18, of Carlisle, was arrested on a felony wiretapping charge,
with a penalty of up to 7 years in state prison.
His camera and film were seized by police during the May 24 stop, he
said, and he spent 26 hours in Cumberland County Prison until his mother
posted her house as security for his $2,500 bail.
Kelly is charged under a state law that bars the intentional
interception or recording of anyone's oral conversation without their
consent.
The criminal case relates to the sound, not the pictures, that his
camera picked up.
"I didn't think I could get in trouble for that," Kelly said. "I screwed
up, yeah. I know now that I can't do that. I just don't see how
something like this should affect my entire life."
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