Sonoma Co. Man Pleads No Contest To Secretly Photographing Female Coworkers In Restroom

A Santa Rosa man pleaded no contest on Thursday to two felony counts of extortion and four misdemeanor counts involving surreptitiously taking pictures of coworkers using the restroom, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch said Friday.

Kenneth Rohrbach, 28, is facing up to three years and eight months in prison and a possible lifetime registration as a sex offender when he is sentenced April 27, prosecutors said.

The charges stem from Rohrbach surreptitiously using his cellphone to take pictures of female coworkers and then anonymously contacting two of the women and using the photos in an attempt to extort them, prosecutors said.

Rohrbach threatened to release the photos unless the women sent him more revealing photos, prosecutors said.

When the women refused to comply, Rohrbach created fake online profiles and released the photos, prosecutors said.

Rohrbach was arrested after the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at his residence and located the photos on an electronic device.

--Bay City News

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