Ohio cell phone repairman sentenced for downloading nude photos from customers’ phones
ALL RIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT AND THE CLOUDS ARE STICKING AROUND. BUT WE WON’T SEE MUCH RAIN TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M KELLY RIPPIN AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. WE’RE CLEAR FOR NOW AND WE’LL ENJOY A DRY DAY TOMORROW. BUT JUST DON’T GET USED TO IT. YEAH. LET’S GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN FOR A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHEN. KATIE. YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, TODAY AND TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE REALLY OUR DRIEST DAYS OF THE WEEK HERE. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME ADDITIONAL STORM CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY. AND AN EXCESSIVE RAIN THREAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE WEEK. FOR NOW, ANY KIND OF SPRINKLES THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING, THOSE HAVE CLEARED OUT OF THE AREA. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE NICE AND DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. BUT BIG DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES FROM YESTERDAY COMPARED TO TODAY. IT’S GOING TO BE A CHILLY ONE THIS AFTERNOON. WE’RE AT 44 RIGHT NOW. STILL LOOKING AT SOME 50S AROUND MAYSVILLE AND PEEBLES AND THEN LOWER 40S UP IN CONNERSVILLE AND BATESVILLE. SO THAT COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF US. THOSE WINDS HAVE SWITCHED TO THE NORTHWEST, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE DRAWING IN THAT CHILLIER AIR FOR US AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. SO WE WILL HAVE SOME CHILLY WIND GUSTS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING AT SOME GUSTS RIGHT NOW TO AROUND 15, EVEN NEAR 20MPH FOR A LOT OF LOCATIONS. SO A BIT BLUSTERY. IF YOU’RE OUTSIDE TODAY, IT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU WANT THE JACKET. MAYBE THE EXTRA LAYER. AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE FEELING MUCH BETTER THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. I THINK OUR TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY DROPPING INTO THE 30S AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT. SO YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FALL HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SO ENDING THE DAY IN THE LOWER 40S AND TEMPERATURES JUST STEP DOWN FROM THERE BY MIDNIGHT. WE SHOULD BE AT AROUND 39 TO 40. AND WE ARE GOING TO STAY MOSTLY CLOUDY HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT 12 HOURS. SO NOT LOOKING AT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE WITH THE CLOUD COVER, I THINK A LITTLE BIT NICER AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE MIDDLE AND LATE PART OF THE WEEK BECAUSE THINGS BECOME VERY UNSETTLED AFTER A QUIET DAY TOMORROW. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER THREAT FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY STORMS. IN FACT, THE SETUP LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT. THAT LINE OF LATE NIGHT STORMS COMING IN. I THINK ALL THREATS ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE HERE, SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY AND THEN FRONT STALLING OUT HERE. AND WE’RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO A FLOODING THREAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE WEEK. HEAVY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, A LOT OF MODELS PROJECTING FIVE INCHES OR MORE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS HERE IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT HIGH WATER CONCERNS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THOSE FLOODING IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, CAN GO FOR QUITE A LONG TIME HERE WHEN YOU SEE THAT AMOUNT OF WATER. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PREVIEW OF THAT. AND OF COURSE THAT OUTLOOK ON WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THREAT COMING UP. KELLY. ALL RIGHT KATIE THANK YOU SO MUCH. FAMILIES IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF GREATER CINCINNATI ARE ASSESSING STORM DAMAGE TODAY IN BUTLER COUNTY. A MOBILE HOME PARK TOOK AN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT FROM THE LINE OF STORMS THAT ROARED THROUGH OUR REGION. WHEN THE SUN CAME UP THIS MORNING, FOLKS WHO LIVED THERE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE KIND OF DAMAGE. ABOUT 20 OF THE HOMES THERE SUSTAINED LATE LAST NIGHT. NO INJURIES, THANKFULLY, BUT AT LEAST THREE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THOSE DAMAGING WINDS THAT BROUGHT DOWN BRANCHES, CRASHING SIDING AND SHEETS OF METAL GETTING TOSSED ABOUT, WITH SOME ENDING UP HIGH OFF THE GROUND IN TREES. A TEAM FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE IS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR POSSIBLY A SMALLER TORNADO. NEIGHBORS WE TALKED TO ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THE ANSWER. I SOME I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A LITTLE TWIST OR I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T, I REALLY DON’T KNOW. BUT WE HAD SOMETHING TO DO. ALL THIS DAMAGE UNLESS IT WAS JUST STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. I DON’T KNOW. AND FROM BUTLER COUNTY OVER INTO WARREN COUNTY, A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE KINGS MILLS AREA. CAMP CEDAR TAKING A LOT OF DAMAGE. A COUPLE OF RVS TOSSED ABOUT, SOME BIGGER TREES UPROOTED AS WELL. SO WE’LL WAIT FOR THE FULL ASSESSMENT BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU HELPED TELL THE STORY OF JUST HOW POWERFUL THOSE STORMS WERE. A NUMBER OF YOU SENT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS HELPING US SHARE THE SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER OVERNIGHT. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE FROM OUR VIEWER, LAURA IN SPRINGBORO, WHERE HAIL PILED UP OVER ON HER PROPERTY. AND ANOTHER LOOK AT FROM OUR VIEWER, RON. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHEN A CAR FELL ON. HIS CAR FELL ON A TREE. A TREE FELL ON HIS CAR. WERE GLAD THAT HE IS OBVIOUSLY OKAY AND ABLE TO SEND THIS TO US, BUT THAT IS QUITE A SCARY SITUATION. YEAH, IT’S DARK, IT’S RAINY, IT’S WINDY. THEN THAT HAPPENS IN FRONT OF YOU. GLAD HE’S OKAY. WLWT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY AS WE LEARN MORE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S STORM DAMAGE. AND AS WE PREPARE FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER THIS WEEK, POTENTIALLY WEDNESDAY HERE IN A COUPLE DAYS. YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES ON THE FREE WLWT MOBILE APP. ALL RIGHT. LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON, WE NOW KNOW WHO WILL TAKE OVER AS TOP COP IN BOONE COUNTY. THE CURRENT SHERIFF, MIKE HEMMERLING, WILL BE STEPPING DOWN FOR HEALTH REASONS. SO THIS MORNING, A JUDGE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PICK TO TAKE OVER THE DEPARTMENT. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S BRIAN HAMRICK IS LIVE IN BOONE COUNTY WITH. WHO IS TAKING OVER BRIAN. YES, STEPHEN. WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST CHANGE IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN ALMOST 30 YEARS. MIKE HELMIG HAS BEEN THE SHERIFF HERE SINCE 1997. SO THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE COUNTY. BUT IN SOME WAYS, IT’S A SMALL, BIG CHANGE BECAUSE THE PERSON APPOINTED HAS BEEN WITH HELMIG ALMOST THAT ENTIRE TIME. COLONEL LES HILL WILL TAKE OVER IN APRIL. HE’S BEEN THE SHERIFF’S RIGHT HAND MAN ALMOST THAT WHOLE TIME. THE SHERIFF, HE SAYS, IS ALSO HIS BEST FRIEND. JUDGE EXECUTIVE GARY MOORE MADE THE DECISION TO APPOINT HILL. HE SIGNED THE DOCUMENTS TODAY. SHERIFF HELMIG PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RETIRE BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES. NOW HILL IS VERY WELL LIKED IN THIS DEPARTMENT. HE SAYS HE’S LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS FROM THE SHERIFF OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. HE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT A WHOLE LOT OF BRAINS ARE BETTER THAN ONE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EVERYBODY HEARS OF THIS COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMAND STAFF, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE RAISED OUR KIDS HERE. WE’VE GONE TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE. AS A RULE OF THUMB. SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY BUY IN. YEAH. NOW, HILL TELLS ME THIS IS THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO BE APPOINTED SHERIFF. SHERIFF HELMIG WILL REMAIN IN OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 15TH. REPORTING LIVE. BRIA
Ohio cell phone repairman sentenced for downloading nude photos from customers’ phones
Updated: 3:20 PM EDT Mar 31, 2025
An Ohio man who worked on fixing cell phones was sentenced Monday after investigators said he downloaded nude photos from customers’ phones.Calvin Jordan, 27, of Gallipolis, Ohio, was sentenced to 49-51 years in prison and will register as a sex offender.Jordan worked in Gallia County, located in southeastern Ohio.In February, Jordan pleaded guilty to 36 counts of unauthorized use of computer, cable or telecommunications property, three counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.“This crime was the digital equivalent of a peeping Tom hiding in the bushes outside a bedroom window – it’s creepy, and it’s an invasion of privacy,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “He will now face serious time for his cybercrimes.”Yost said 40 customers were victimized by the crimes, including teenagers from 14-17 years old.
An Ohio man who worked on fixing cell phones was sentenced Monday after investigators said he downloaded nude photos from customers’ phones.
Calvin Jordan, 27, of Gallipolis, Ohio, was sentenced to 49-51 years in prison and will register as a sex offender.
Jordan worked in Gallia County, located in southeastern Ohio.
In February, Jordan pleaded guilty to 36 counts of unauthorized use of computer, cable or telecommunications property, three counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.
“This crime was the digital equivalent of a peeping Tom hiding in the bushes outside a bedroom window – it’s creepy, and it’s an invasion of privacy,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “He will now face serious time for his cybercrimes.”
Yost said 40 customers were victimized by the crimes, including teenagers from 14-17 years old.
