Phillip Briggs was the mayor of Spencerville, Ohio, until he resigned after his arrest for secretly recording two girls while they were undressing. He is alleged to have done this five times during May and June, 2021. The girls went to police, reporting that their mother’s boyfriend had been secretly recording them while they undressed. He was arrested in January, 2023 for pandering sexually-oriented material. Later he was indicted by a grand jury and charged with five felony counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. He resigned in February.
Briggs admitted to a detective that he had placed a camera in the bathroom and stored the images on his laptop. He is in jail on $200,000 bond. In June, he has a hearing scheduled to set his trial date.
- Hometown Stations: An Allen County Grand Jury indicts the former Spencerville mayor on 5 counts
- The Courier: Spencerville mayor arrested on pandering charge
- Allen County Criminal Court: CR 2023 0022 STATE OF OHIO VS BRIGGS, PHILLIP J JLR
March 5, 2023