A former Holy Rosary Catholic School teacher accused of secretly video recording students in a school restroom will not go on trial this week as scheduled.
The trial date for Ryan Belmonte, 27, has been postponed to Feb. 5. Belmonte faces two charges of voyeurism as a level 6 felony and was set to go to trial Wednesday.
Formerly an art teacher at Holy Rosary, Belmonte was fired from the Evansville school in early December. His termination came only a few days after his arrest, and two days after he was formally charged in Vanderburgh Circuit Court.
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Police began investigating Belmonte after a 13-year-old student told a parent he found a phone hidden in the bathroom and that the device was recording him. The parent reported it to police and the school.
Belmonte allegedly admitted to recording video of people in the restroom of the teachers' lounge.
Police reported finding video on Belmonte's phone of a 10-year-old boy inside a restroom, though it is unclear if that was the teacher's lounge bathroom or a room in another part of the school.
Both of the students told police Belmonte went into the restroom before them.
Belmonte is free on $1,500 bond. As part of his bond agreement, the court ordered him not to have any contact with the alleged victims, not to go on or near school property and not to tutor anyone under 18 years old or any student of the school.
Electronic court records show the defense asked to cancel the trial scheduled for this week and neither side objected. Belmonte's next hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Jan. 23.
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