SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — Newly released Army court-martial records obtained by The Salty Soldier through the Freedom of Information Act reveal the extraordinary level of privacy Staff Sgt. Oscar F. Martinez’s hidden bathroom camera invaded — secretly recording relatives, friends and fellow Soldiers during some of their most private moments inside his on-post Hawaii home.
The newly obtained records identify Martinez’s mother-in-law and father-in-law among those recorded and provide new details about Soldiers who were secretly captured after being invited into his home, including junior service members who watched his dogs while he was away.
The camera captured victims while showering, changing clothes, using the toilet and during other highly private activity they had no reason to believe was being recorded.
The records also show Martinez repeatedly checked and repositioned the disguised camera, including to improve his view of victims. And they reveal separate incidents in which he admitted searching through other people’s phones for sexually explicit images and secretly transferring those images to himself.
The Salty Soldier first reported Martinez’s conviction on Jan. 2, 2026. At the time, the Army had publicly disclosed that his 17 victims included family members, friends, a dog sitter and junior Soldiers.
What was not publicly known was what Martinez’s camera actually captured, the relationships and military ranks of several victims, and the extent to which he deliberately manipulated and monitored the camera while the recordings continued for more than a year.
Those details are contained in a newly released 14-page stipulation of fact and seven-page plea agreement obtained by The Salty Soldier through FOIA.
Martinez admitted purchasing the hidden camera, which was disguised as a phone charger, and placing it inside the guest bathroom of his Schofield Barracks residence in May 2022. He admitted intending to secretly record people without their knowledge or consent.
The stipulation contains graphic descriptions of exactly what Martinez’s camera recorded. Those descriptions are omitted from this public-site version of the story.
The complete uncensored report details what the court records say Martinez captured, including the specific private activity recorded by the hidden camera and what was contained in intimate images he secretly transferred from other people’s phones.
Soldiers Hired to Watch His Dogs and His In-Laws Were Secretly Recorded
The newly released records provide a much clearer picture of who Martinez secretly recorded and the circumstances that brought some of those victims into his home.
Among his targets were junior service members whom Martinez invited to his residence under the pretext of watching his dogs while he was away.
Other victims included friends and members of his own family.
Several service members are identified by rank in the stipulation, including Specialists and a Sergeant.
Martinez’s mother-in-law and father-in-law were also secretly recorded in the guest bathroom. His wife was among the victims as well.
The records document victims being captured while showering, changing clothes, using the bathroom and during other intensely private activity.
The newly released stipulation goes considerably further, describing exactly what the camera captured of individual victims, including Martinez’s in-laws and fellow Soldiers.
The records also show the camera was not simply placed in the bathroom and left unattended.
Martinez repeatedly interacted with it.
According to the stipulation, he entered the bathroom on multiple occasions to adjust or check the camera. At one point, he repositioned it to obtain a better view of a victim. On another occasion, he checked both the camera and its corresponding video feed on his phone.
The conduct continued from 2022 into late 2023.
The victims’ names are redacted in the records released to The Salty Soldier, and the publication is not attempting to identify them.
The specific descriptions of what Martinez recorded — including some of the most private moments captured by the camera — are available in the full uncensored report.
He Secretly Took Intimate Images From Other People’s Phones
The newly released records also reveal conduct separate from Martinez’s hidden-camera recordings.
On Oct. 18, 2023, Martinez took a woman’s phone and searched through it until he found sexually explicit images of her, according to his stipulation of fact.
Martinez admitted using AirDrop to transfer the images from the woman’s phone to his own.
The woman did not know he had accessed or transferred the images and did not consent to him doing so.
The stipulation describes a similar incident that occurred sometime in 2022.
Martinez went to a beach with a Specialist, a Sergeant and another woman. While the others went swimming, Martinez took the Sergeant’s phone and searched through it until he found sexually explicit images of her.
He then AirDropped those images to his own phone.
The Sergeant did not know Martinez had searched her phone or transferred the images and did not consent.
The incidents involving those intimate images were separate from the 17 hidden-camera offenses for which Martinez was convicted.
Martinez’s plea agreement shows he agreed to plead guilty to two specifications involving the intimate images. However, those offenses do not appear in the Army’s published final summary of his convictions, which lists 17 specifications of indecent recording and one specification of obstruction of justice.
Because of that discrepancy, The Salty Soldier is not counting the two intimate-image offenses as additional final convictions.
What the newly released records do establish is that Martinez admitted searching through the victims’ phones, finding sexually explicit images and secretly transferring those images to himself without their knowledge or consent.
The stipulation also describes what those intimate images depicted. Those details are included in The Salty Soldier’s uncensored report.
His Own Hidden Camera Recorded Army CID Arriving
Another newly revealed detail concerns the end of Martinez’s secret-recording operation.
On Dec. 16, 2023, one of the Soldiers recorded by Martinez unplugged and moved the hidden camera, according to the stipulation.
Three days later, Army Criminal Investigation Division agents arrived at Martinez’s residence with a search warrant.
The hidden camera was still operating — and recorded CID agents executing the warrant.
According to the stipulation, Martinez uninstalled the application associated with the camera from his phone within minutes of investigators arriving.
He admitted doing so with the intent to impede the investigation.
The court records released to The Salty Soldier include a still image taken from Martinez’s hidden camera showing the scene as CID agents executed the search warrant.
Newly Released Records Fill In What Was Previously Unknown
Martinez’s conviction and sentence are not new.
On Nov. 6, 2025, a military judge sitting as a general court-martial at Wheeler Army Airfield convicted Martinez pursuant to his pleas of 17 specifications of indecent recording and one specification of obstructing justice.
He was sentenced to reduction to E-1, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, 67 months of confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
What is new is the level of detail contained in Martinez’s own admissions.
The records obtained by The Salty Soldier reveal who some of his victims were, what they were doing when the camera captured them, what the recordings showed, how Martinez repeatedly manipulated and monitored the camera, how he separately obtained intimate images from other people’s phones and what he did when CID arrived at his home.
These are not simply allegations contained in an investigative report or charge sheet.
Martinez expressly agreed in his stipulation of fact that the facts were true, accurately reflected his actions and established the offenses to which he pleaded guilty.
The records provide a substantially fuller account of conduct that had previously been publicly summarized primarily through the number of victims, criminal charges and Martinez’s sentence.
The Salty Soldier has omitted the most graphic descriptions from this public-site version while preserving the central facts of the case. The victims’ identities remain protected.
The complete court-record details are available in the full uncensored report at The Salty Soldier Uncensored.
Editor’s note: The Salty Soldier first reported on Staff Sgt. Oscar Martinez’s conviction on Jan. 2, 2026. This follow-up is based on his stipulation of fact and plea agreement subsequently obtained by The Salty Soldier through the Freedom of Information Act.
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