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UPDATED Wednesday, December 10, 2008 --- 8:45 a.m.

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) -- A Berlin photographer convicted of secretly videotaping models and pageant contestants as they disrobed in the bathroom of his home studio has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Forty-eight-year-old Clayton Weiss was convicted on 10 counts of capturing nude images and one count of invasion of privacy with the use of a surveillance device.

Investigators say he hired the women for bogus advertisements.

Weiss hid video cameras behind vents in his bathroom, using multiple cameras to shoot the women between 2002 and 2007.

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UPDATED Saturday, October 11, 2008 --- 1:50 p.m.

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) --- A Berlin man has been found guilty on charges that he used secret cameras to videotape beauty pageant contestants and other women as they undressed in the bathroom of his photo studio.

Some of the 10 victims in a criminal complaint were contestants in Miss Wisconsin, Miss Oshkosh and Miss Berlin pageants who agreed to photo shoots by 48-year-old Clayton Weiss, believing the photos were for advertisements.

The complaint says Weiss videotaped them with hidden cameras. But a Ripon teen noticed a camera leans in a heat vent and alerted her mother, and they called police.

Weiss changed his plea Friday from not guilty to no contest.

The charges include making a visual representation of nudity, attempting to make a visual representation of nudity an d invasion of privacy.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 --- 8 a.m.

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) -- A Berlin man is pleading not guilty after being accused of using a secret camera to photograph beauty pageant contestants and other women as they undressed in the bathroom of his photo studio.

Many of the 10 victims include in a criminal complaint were contestants in Miss Wisconsin, Miss Oshkosh and Miss Berlin pageants.

They had agreed to photo shoots by 48-year-old Clayton Weiss, believing the photos were for advertisements.

The complaint says Weiss videotaped them with hidden cameras, sometimes using multiple cameras.

Then a Ripon teen noticed a camera leans in a heat vent and alerted her mother. They reported it to police, who executed a search warrant.

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Posted by: Jimmy Location: Madison on Dec 11, 2008 at 02:52 AM
Lana, are you suggesting this type of activity become legal? This guy needs to be held accountable for his actions. Some people may have to view it (DA and Judge) but at least this guy is doen taking advantage of young females. You post seeme somewhat odd considering the circumstances of this case. You claim they will sue.....chances are this type of guy does not have much money. This is not a civil case at this point but a criminal case. Police and the judges obviously will not make copies, but if they did I would expect consequences for them also. Sometimes you have to trust people. There are always some bad apples but the majority of cops are good people. I am sure this will be stored in evidence for years and years, and after the court case no one will ever have to view it again!

Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 10, 2008 at 05:59 PM
lana is right. the jury will see the videos as well as the 50 that all ready have.

Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 10, 2008 at 05:57 PM
so the crime spree was 5 years long and he gets 2. way to go justice system. seems kinda of a short sentence. the guy had it all premeditated to hire for bogus events and stuff. the judge must have really like the videos i guess.

Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Or, Lana has a little bit of a trust issue. Not everyone is as sick as this guy that made the videos. Relax!

Posted by: anon Location: madison on Dec 10, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Lana that is very interesting what you said. I have to admit sounds like you put alot of thought into what you typed. ;)

Posted by: Lana Location: Madison on Oct 13, 2008 at 02:57 PM
OK, but who watches the watchers? I mean, if the police, who may or may not have, gathered up the recordings, and had to look at them for evidentiary purposes to see what they showed, and who the victims were... who watches them, and the folks in the D.A. office, and the defense attorney's office, and the judge's staff to make sure these pervs aren't wearing out the rewind/ play buttons on their players? And Whoooo made sure no copies were made when these images, if any, were checked out from the evidence room, if any? Just trying to avoid claims of another conspiracy by some individual not satisfied with the court findings in the case, so they are going to sue, sue, sue until they get $$ or some press time.

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