RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KABC) -- A former building inspector for the city of Rancho Palos Verdes has pleaded no contest to placing hidden cameras in restrooms at city hall and a nearby business and secretly recording dozens of people.
At the time of his arrest, officials alleged Andrew James Jensen of Huntington Beach hid miniature cameras in a unisex employee restroom at Rancho Palos Verdes city hall and at a nearby coffee house. He was initially charged with 89 counts of voyeurism.
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The 50-year-old former city employee has now pleaded no contest to 13 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized invasion of privacy: peeking.
He was sentenced to two years in county jail and three years probation. He will also have to perform 45 days of community labor and take sexual impulse classes for a year. He will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Officials say he used the hidden cameras to record 63 women and 26 men in June and July of 2018.
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The camera was discovered by a city staffer at city hall on July 5, 2018 and officials say the investigation eventually led to Jensen. The hidden camera - the size of a quarter - was velcroed to the bottom of a bathroom stall dispenser.
Jensen began working for the city as a temporary part-time building inspector in August 2011 and then was hired for a full-time position with the Community Development Department in December 2013, city officials say. He resigned his position with the city.