A Rhode Island College employee accused of hiding a camera in a dining hall restroom made his first court appearance on Wednesday morning.

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island College employee was arrested in connection to a camera placed inside an on-campus restroom, authorities said Wednesday. Dean Faiola, 49, was arrested Tuesday at his home in Cranston, R.I., and charged with one count of video voyeurism, according to Lindsay Lague, a spokesperson for Providence police.

A Rhode Island College employee, Dean Faiola, was charged with video voyeurism following a report of a hidden camera in a restroom at the college's dining hall. Campus police searched all public restrooms on campus but did not find any cameras, a RIC spokesman said.

A student was using the second-floor bathroom when he noticed what appeared to be a lens tucked next to a sprinkler in the ceiling.

A Rhode Island College employee is accused of planting a camera inside a restroom on campus, NBC affiliate WJAR-TV reports. Dean Faiola, 49, of Cranston, was arraigned in Providence District Court on a video voyeurism charge on Wednesday.