Crime & Safety
Former TV Director Put Hidden Camera In Nanny's Bathroom
He will be required to register as a sex offender.
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – Former CNBC television director Daniel Switzen has pleaded guilty to Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class E felony, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced.
In 2017, Switzen placed a secret camera in a bathroom inside his Pleasantville home to spy on the family's nanny.
The camera was hidden in a tissue box. It was discovered in November when the nanny was entertaining friends. They took it to police.
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Switzen, 44, admitted to placing the camera in the bathroom to capture the victim and her friends on video.
Switzen is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Susan Cacace Aug. 21. He faces one-and-a-half to four years in state prison. He will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.
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The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Servino of the Sex Crimes Bureau.
SEE: News Exec Planted Nannycam In Bathroom: Pleasantville Cops
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