LEWISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania high school teacher Justin Hill stands accused of recording numerous “up-skirt” videos of female students at Lewisburg High School, a “shocking” revelation the superintendent described as “unfortunate.”

Lewisburg Area School District superintendent Mark DiRocco told PennLive it was “hard to believe” that well respected band director Justin Hill violated students’ trust by allegedly recording between 15 and 20 videos up the skirts of female students between last October and June, when Hill’s wife found the recordings on the teacher’s cell phone.

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Hill’s wife, a former Lewisburg Elementary School teacher, confronted her husband about the videos and forwarded copies to her phone to preserve as evidence of his alleged crimes. She also issued Hill an ultimatum: either he could tell school officials what he’d done, or she would contact the authorities for him, according to the news site.

DiRocco said Hill, 39, came to him on June 22 and said he “did something bad” and wanted to come clean.

“Hill told DiRocco he was recording female students by holding his cell phone as low as possible while female walked up steps in the high school to ‘get shots of their underpants,’” police told the Daily Item.

“Hill told DiRocco he was shooting the videos since October 2015 and he had taken 15-20, according to court documents.”

Hill also said he deleted the videos from his phone, as well as the copies his wife made, and did not share them with anyone. Hill’s wife also contacted DiRocco to explain that she confronted her husband about the videos, but could not identify any of the students in them because Hill did not record their faces, according to the news site.

Police computer experts attempted to retrieve the videos from both Hill’s and his wife’s phones, but were unsuccessful. Yost said there was no video surveillance from the school where the alleged incidents took place.

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Buffalo Valley Regional Police Chief Paul Yost announced at a press conference at the school Monday that officials charged Hill with 31 misdemeanor charges by mail based on his confession and his wife’s observations.

“No alleged victim could be identified and no alleged victim was spoken to during the course of the investigation, police said,” according to the Daily Item. “Hill allegedly told police he did not approach any students and did not act unprofessionally toward any female or male student outside of the videos that were taken, according to police.”

DiRocco said school officials took action immediately after Hill revealed his alleged misdeeds.

“I contacted police. I contacted children and youth and I contacted the state Department of Education,” he said. “I took the appropriate steps as we do in not just this case but any case.”

Hill resigned from his teaching position two days after contacting DiRocco, and he and his wife have since moved out of town, PennLive reports.

DiRocco and Yost briefed parents about the teachers arrest on Monday, and held a school assembly about the videos on Tuesday.

“This is an unfortunate situation and we are all disturbed,” DiRocco told the Daily Item. “We, as a district, are addressing it with parents and students. This is not who we are. Our staff are great role models.”

Hill is due in court to face the charges – 15 counts of invasion of privacy and 16 counts of tampering with evidence – on December 1.

According to PennLive:

The charges against Hill do not permit for the immediate suspension of his teaching license, Nicole Reigelman, press secretary for the state Department of Education, said.

However, if he is convicted, the Professional Standards and Practice Commission can revoke his certification based upon moral turpitude, she said.