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   From: cocksuckers@sacramento.ca.gov   
      
   After a Massachusetts court was unable to convict a man for   
   taking “up-skirt” photos of women, officials are assuring San   
   Diegans the same thing would not happen here.   
      
   To prove it, Escondido Police announced an Oceanside man was   
   convicted for using a cellphone camera to take pictures under   
   unsuspecting women’s skirts and dresses.   
      
   Last month, Brian Gail Valencia, 27, pleaded guilty to three   
   counts of disorderly conduct using a concealed camera to film   
   under clothing.   
      
   The investigation into Valencia started in Sept. 2012, when a   
   victim reported a man was taking pictures on his cellphone under   
   her clothing while she was in an Escondido clothing store.   
      
   A few weeks later, a similar incident reportedly happened on an   
   escalator in a North County shopping center, and then another   
   was reported in March 2013.   
      
   Each case was similar, but police said they only had a vague   
   description of the suspect from each victim.   
      
   Then in March 2013, San Diego Sheriff’s deputies arrested   
   Valencia in a San Marcos electronic store when he was caught   
   trying to take video under a woman’s clothes.   
      
   A search warrant served at Valencia’s home led to the seizure of   
   phone records, still photos and videos, and investigators   
   connected Valencia to nine separate cases of up-skirt filming in   
   the North County, police said.   
      
   He had two prior arrests for similar cases.   
      
   As part of his plea deal, Valencia avoided jail time, but he has   
   to register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life. He   
   was also banned from all the shopping centers where he committed   
   the offenses.   
      
   In Massachusetts on Wednesday, the state’s highest court ruled a   
   man who took up-skirt photos on public transportation did not   
   violate state law because the women were not nude or partially   
   nude.   
      
   In quick response to national outcry, the Massachusetts   
   legislature unanimously passed a bill banning the violating   
   photos, which the state’s governor signed into law Friday.   
      
   Calfornia’s statute criminalizes anyone using a recording or   
   photographic device to film or photograph the body or   
   undergarments of a person without their consent or knowledge for   
   the purpose of sexual gratification, according to Escondido   
   Police.   
      
   http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Oceanside-Man-Convicted-of-   
   Up-Skirt-Photos-249100311.html?_osource=outbrain_recirc=obinsite   
      
       
      
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