Doctor secretly filmed workers and kids in office bathroom, Idaho officials say

A Coeur d’Alene surgeon accused of hiding cameras in his office bathroom to record employees and children will serve up to 40 years in prison, an Idaho judge ruled.

Dr. Spencer David Greendyke, 69, an orthopedic surgeon, will be eligible for parole in 25 years, the Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said in an April 4 news release.

An employee discovered a hidden camera in Greendyke’s office in March 2024, prosecutors said. When she pulled out a memory card, she found videos taken in an office bathroom, including video of her vagina, officials said.

The employee contacted police because children of workers also used the bathroom, prosecutors said.

Detectives found evidence that Greendyke had taken more than 800 videos with secret cameras in his home and office over the past 15 to 20 years, prosecutors said.

Because of the statute of limitations, he could only be charged in incidents going back to 2019, prosecutors said.

Greendyke was sentenced by a district judge Friday, April 4, on charges of video voyeurism, prosecutors said. He also must register as a sex offender once released from prison.

“Dr. Greendyke’s actions here are deplorable,” his attorney, Luke Crawford, said, according to the Coeur d’Alene Press. “There’s no doubt about that.”

The defense recommended that Greendyke be sentenced to 15 years and requested that he be put in a prison treatment program before the court ruled whether he would serve his full sentence or be released on probation, the outlet reported.

McClatchy News reached out to Crawford for comment on April 6 but did not immediately receive a response.

Coeur d’Alene is about a 35-mile drive east from Spokane, Washington.

This story was originally published April 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM with the headline "Doctor secretly filmed workers and kids in office bathroom, Idaho officials say."