Overview
- Stephen Kamnik, who pleaded guilty Wednesday in Montgomery County Court, admitted to 15 charges that prosecutors said spanned years of misconduct.
- He faces a July 8 sentencing under an open plea and must register as a sex offender for 15 years.
- The probe began in November 2024 after unusual bandwidth on his work computer led investigators to an external drive holding thousands of files, including about 3,000 AI deepfakes built from PennDOT photos and images in the Justice Network (JNET) database.
- Authorities say he secretly filmed coworkers and other women, entered a women’s locker room to take photos, illegally recorded a Montgomery County judge, and possessed child sexual abuse material and a stolen .22-caliber pistol.
- An active civil lawsuit by a victim alleges the State Police ignored warning signs, a claim that could spur tighter audits of law‑enforcement image systems and limits on officers’ access to personal data.