Police have launched an investigation at Central Cambria High School after the discovery of what appears to have been holes that look into a girls' locker room.
It is not clear at this time that the hole involves any criminal activity, but police spent the afternoon at the school looking into it, as did 6 News reporter Maria Miller.
Miller talked with Superintendent Vincent DiLeo twice last week, once in person and once on the phone. Both times he dismissed the incident and said it wasn't a big deal.
But Miller then obtained a pictures showing the hole inside a locker. The hole appears to have been widened and on the other side is a smaller hole that sources told 6 News leads to a janitor's closet.
DiLeo admits that two holes were discovered in lockers of the girls changing room in early July. He also admits the holes were drilled through to a storage closet.
"There were in fact holes that had been drilled through the cinder block and through the steel locker," said DiLeo. "From the cinder block side, the holes were pencil sized. On the other side it did appear they tried to be gouged out and there was rust around the side of the hole in the lockers, which to me, and to my supervisor, appeared to be old."
Sources, who want to remain anonymous, tell 6 News that room is used by school janitors every day. But DiLeo said it's a supply room and said the holes weren't even accessible.
"There was so many supplies there that nothing could be gotten to access those holes," said DiLeo.
He's said he's also confident the holes were not used to spy on girls, at least not recently.
"There was no type of drilling that had taken place recently because all the power tools are kept locked up," said DiLeo. "There was construction here a number of years ago and it could have happened then but you need a high power drill to go through the cinder blocks and the steel locker."
Central Cambria School Board President Dennis Simmers offered this statement: "The board is going to let the superintendent do his job. He has initiated an internal investigation and has also notified law enforcement."
But that wasn't the case last week when DiLeo told 6 News involving the police wasn't necessary.
"Last week you said you weren't going to contact police," said Miller. "What made you change your mind?"
"Because you keep bugging me," responded DiLeo.
Up until now, the incident has not been publicly addressed and DiLeo said he had no intentions of doing so. When asked if he ever planned on telling parents or the district, his response was, "No, really, I wasn't. But I mean now this is going to provide that opportunity."
6 News was not allowed inside the school Monday to get video but DiLeo said the holes have been plugged. He also said staff members have gone through the locker rooms and bathrooms of all Central Cambria buildings to make sure there are no similar holes.
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