Jail Term for Principal Who Videotaped Girls
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PAYNESVILLE, Ohio — A high school principal accused of secretly videotaping cheerleaders as they changed into their swimsuits for a beach party was sentenced Monday to six months in jail.
Walter Conte, 51, of Mentor, Ohio, can leave jail during the day to continue working at a church. He was also placed on three years’ probation and ordered to get counseling and to perform 200 hours of community service.
Cheerleaders he had invited to his Lake Erie home on Sept. 3 became suspicious of a blinking light in a bathroom mirror. Police found a two-way mirror, videotaping equipment and several videos.
Conte pleaded no contest to illegal eavesdropping.
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