Overview
- Hamilton County court records show Christopher Thomas Collins is charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, with bond set at $50,000 and a court appearance scheduled for January 20.
- Deputies arrested Collins on January 14 after his wife reported the discovery to police, and officers seized his phone during a traffic stop before conducting a consent search of his home that yielded two SD cards and an older phone.
- A forensic examination identified nine videos from concealed cameras in a downstairs bathroom, time-stamped in 2025 and depicting the teen entering and exiting the shower, using the toilet, and changing clothes, which investigators say meet the legal definition of child sexual abuse material.
- According to the arrest report, Collins admitted knowing about the bathroom cameras, using a mobile app to view images, and seeing and temporarily retaining a nude image before deleting it.
- The wife told investigators she initially deleted the files but later saved screenshots from the phone’s recently deleted folder, and the church, Abba’s House, says it reported the matter to police and removed Collins from his deacon role.