Eau Claire County Jail staff says Bruce Moores, 49, of Eau Claire, who is known as Ray Moores on the radio, was released Monday morning because of an order from the district attorney's office, and he did not have to post bond or appear in court Monday morning.

Eau Claire County District Attorney Rich White canceled Moores' scheduled court appearance on Monday morning.

White told me he needs the Eau Claire Police Department to investigate the case further before he makes a decision on whether to file charges against Moores.

Deputy Chief Eric Larsen of the Eau Claire Police Department says officers are working on the process of getting Moores registered as a sex offender.

Legal Analyst Harry Hertel says he wouldn't be surprised if the department was asking Colorado for actual documentation of Moores' sex offense conviction.

“When it comes to obtaining information from other states, sometimes there's a high level of cooperation and sometimes it can be like pulling teeth,” he said.

On Friday, officers served a search warrant at Moores' Eau Claire apartment.

Police then arrested Moores for failing to register as a sex offender, and for being a sex offender photographing minors without their parents' consent.

Moores was also arrested on August 27 for disorderly conduct after high school volleyball players complained that he was videotaping them changing out of their jerseys after a tournament game at UW-Stout.

“In my experience, I don't recall an instance where a person who was released on a no-issue circumstance later was charged based on facts that were simply the facts known at the time,” Hertel said.

Eau Claire Schools Superintendent Doctor Ron Heilmann says police have not contacted him about Moores.

Chief Deputy Larsen says investigators found pictures of the North dance team at Moores' apartment, and linked him to an incident where someone reportedly shot video of Memorial's dance team.

We stopped at Moores' apartment Monday afternoon, but nobody answered the door.

UW-Stout Police Chief Lisa Walter says neither the Eau Claire County District Attorney nor the Dunn County District Attorney has contacted her regarding further investigation there.

George Roberts of Maverick Media says he's aware of Moores' release, but declined to comment on it.

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A local radio DJ is now in jail after Eau Claire police arrested him for two more cases of videotaping/photographing high school girls.

49-year-old Bruce Moores, who's known as “Ray Moores” on WAXX 104.5, was arrested after police executed a search warrant at his Eau Claire apartment Friday morning.

Moores was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender and for being a sex offender photographing minors without their parents' consent. Both are felonies.

Eau Claire police say the arrest was the result of an investigation starting at a high school volleyball tourney.

"He was arrested recently over at UW-Stout and since that time we have been doing some follow up investigation with Department of Corrections and UW-Stout Police which lead to the search warrant and his arrest this morning," says Eau Claire Deputy Police Chief Eric Larsen.

Larsen says investigators found pictures taken this July of girls on the North High School dance team.

They also linked him to a May 2008 case at Memorial High School. Larsen says someone reported an unidentified man shooting video of the dance team there.

Most recently, high school volleyball players say they felt uncomfortable when they realized Moores was recording them changing out of their jerseys after a tournament game at Stout. A coach called police. Moores was arrested for disorderly conduct.

A UW-Stout Police report says the video showed close-up shots of the back sides, groins, and chest areas of girls in the Stout Field House. The report says Moores asked girls at the tournament if they wanted to be in a newspaper in Dunn County.

"I cannot comment on what was recovered; a lot is still in digital format so we have to do a forensic exam of the computers," Larsen says of what was seized from Moore's apartment.

The UW-Stout police chief says Moores served prison time after being convicted of sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust in Colorado in 1992.

An Eau Claire police report obtained by WEAU 13 News shows Moores was ticketed for trespassing in Eau Claire in June. The report says a security guard found him and an 18-year-old woman engaged in a sex act in a vacant office at Banbury Place.

Moores remains in the Eau Claire Jail as of Friday night. He's scheduled to be in court on Monday.

Eau Claire Superintendent Dr. Ron Heillmann told WEAU he was unaware of the incidents. He says he'll work with police as well as students and parents to move forward.

George Roberts at Maverick Media said last week Moores is on administrative leave. He had no comment on Friday.

Moores has also appeared on WEAU in the past. He will not be on the air while the investigation continues.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE UW-STOUT INVESTIGATION:

WEAU talked to a couple of the players, who we are not identifying. They told us they had noticed Moores around with his video camera, but he told them he was with the media.

The high school volleyball players say they're used being videotaped while they play. But, the girls say on Friday night, Moores took it too far.

“We saw the camera and we were just kind of like why is it directly on us? He had a hand camera and he was like scanning it over us and one of our teammates told our coach. As soon as the coach looked at him he took the camera and put it down and then he walked away," the girls say.

That's when UW-Stout Spokesman Doug Mell says the girls' coaches called police.

"I can only say the best things about the coaches that actually stepped forward. They're the ones that noticed the individual doing the taping and called the authorities," Mell says.

Mell says when UW-Stout Police approached Moores, he willingly showed officers his video and was arrested.

A UW-Stout Police report says the video showed close-up shots of the back-sides, groins, and chest areas of girls in the Stout Field House. The report says Moores asked girls at the tournament if they wanted to be in a newspaper in Dunn County.

It also says the officer stopped Moores, saw the video, and asked him to stay where he was while he interviewed witnesses. When the officer came back, he found Moores changing a media card in a digital camera. The report says Moores then admitted to taking still-shots of the girls as well.

The report also says the officer found pictures of a girl not related to the event on Moores' camera, and that Moores told the officer that he must not have saved the photos.

UW-Stout Police Chief Lisa Walter says it was a Menomonie High School coach who asked police for help. Menomonie District Administrator Chris Stratton told us that she is pleased with the quick and decisive action of the coaching staff.

Stratton calls the incident a very unfortunate event. She says that it is a law enforcement matter from here on out, and that the district’s primary concern should and will continue to be the security and safety of its students.

"Our concern is for the safety. Our concern is for the health of anyone on the UW campus," Mell says.

Mell says the university contacted the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association after Moores' arrest.

In its letter to schools, the WIAA says "NFHS rules in many sports restrict athletes from removing their uniform tops in public areas. While athletes (and their parents) May find this overly restrictive, failure to follow this rule may encourage individuals with ulterior motives.”

As the investigation continues, the girls say they've learned a tough lesson at the start of a new season.

"We just I guess need to be more aware of our surroundings and what we're doing cause there could be people like that everywhere," the girls say.

The Dunn County District Attorney hasn't filed criminal charges against Moores. He's scheduled to appear in court on September 28.

We tried to reach Moores for comment, but were unsuccessful.