PLATTE, Mo. – A Missouri man faces a year in prison after pleading guilty to placing a hidden camera in his 16-year-old stepdaughter's bedroom, MyFOXKC.com reports.
Charles L. McCardie, 47, pleaded guilty Thursday in Platte County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy. Judge Owens Lee Hull then sentenced McCardie to the maximum one year in prison.
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The former chairman of the Farley Board of Trustees had used the camera hidden in a smoke detector to watch the girl without her knowledge, Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said.
As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped a child pornography charge.
The victim's mother reported to the Platte County Sheriff's Department on June 26, 2006, that her daughter had found a camera hidden in the smoke detector. Investigators found a wireless camera and wireless receivers in the downstairs living room and office of the house.
McCardie originally denied knowledge of the cameras, saying they might have been installed during a weekend when the family was out of town.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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