Emmy-award winning journalist allegedly hid cameras in TV station dressing rooms, police say

A wide-eyed Emmy award-winning writer was arrested for allegedly secretly filming radical getting undressed astatine a section Oklahoma tv station.

Darrell Lee Vannostran, 40, was booked aft helium was arrested for the usage of photograph oregon video instrumentality successful a clandestine mode successful a backstage place. The lensman and exertion was nominated and won aggregate Heartland TV Emmy Awards past year.

According to tribunal documents obtained by The Oklahoman, janitorial unit discovered 2 video cameras successful the backstage dressing country areas wrong KWTV News 9’s gathering successful downtown Oklahoma City.

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Darrell Lee Vannostran was arrested astatine his location successful Moore, Oklahoma, connected Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Oklahoma County Detention Center)

Authorities said it was not instantly wide whether the cameras recorded guests oregon unit astatine the section station. During their reappraisal of the video, they recovered individuals successful "various states of undress," according to The Oklahoman.

The cameras were attached by Velcro underneath covering racks, investigators said.

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"A reappraisal of the extracted video footage confirmed the cameras had been progressive and had recorded aggregate subjects who utilized the dressing country areas successful backstage settings," the affidavit states, according to The Oklahoman.

News 9's main bureau and studios are located successful the Century Center gathering successful downtown Oklahoma City astatine 100 W Main Street. The building, arsenic pictured connected Friday, July 18, 2025, is astatine the country of Sheridan and Robinson. (Jessie Christopher Smith/The Oklahoman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

According to The Oklahoman, pursuing the find of the hidden cameras, constabulary launched an probe and began analyzing the video.

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Investigators discovered that the cameras being repositioned connected 2 antithetic occasions and accessed aggregate times that were timestamped, the outlet reported.

The timestamps and dates allowed constabulary to constrictive down to 1 fishy – aboriginal identified arsenic Vannostran.

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Authorities, the outlet said, allege that Vannostran was wrong the quality presumption erstwhile not scheduled to work, entered the gathering and staying little than 45 minutes and allegedly making connections to the hidden cameras wrong the timeframes nether investigation.

Oklahoma City is the superior of Oklahoma. (iStock)

On Tuesday, Vannostran was arrested astatine his location successful Moore, Oklahoma. He was inactive successful custody astatine the Oklahoma County jailhouse connected Tuesday connected a $25,000 bond.

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"Griffin Media is alert of the apprehension of our erstwhile worker Darrell Vannostran," Houston Hunt, the vice president of selling astatine Griffin Media, said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "Our precedence is the information and privateness of our employees."

"When the devices were discovered, we instantly contacted the constabulary and person been cooperating afloat with their investigation. We are precise appreciative of the dedicated, hard enactment by the members of the Oklahoma City Police Department. Because this is simply a unit matter, we can’t remark further."