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Man to Serve 1-3 Years for Up-Skirt Videos Taken in White Plains

Jose Piedra of Sleepy Hollow was sentenced today after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge in September.

A Sleepy Hollow man has been sentenced to serve one to three years in prison for using a cell phone to record video under the skirts of White Plains shoppers without their knowledge.

Jose Piedra, 48, pleaded guilty in September to second-degree unlawful surveillance, a felony, after he was accused of shooting video under women's skirts in 2011. Store security at Target in White Plains observed Piedra suspiciously walking around the store and recording video on Aug. 22, 2011.

Police responded and arrested Piedra in the store. Security told police that Piedra had attempted to record the privates of another woman while police were looking for him.

Police used a search warrant to check Piedra's phone, where they found several compromising video clips of at least three woman, according to the Westchester District Attorney's Office.

After serving his prison term Piedra, of 18 Kimball Ave., will have to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registry Act.

Assistant District Attorney Michelle Lopez, Deputy Chief of the Sex Crimes Bureau, prosecuted the case.

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Nummy December 14, 2012 at 04:04 am
Former New Rochelle assistant principal Jose Martinez sentenced to time served and Probation and has to be a Registered Sex Offender he served less then 4 month for having sex with a 14 year old boy.
Now this guy Jose Piedra of Sleepy Hollow gets 1 to 3 year for looking up a women dress. ( please note he need to be put away longer, but I'm trying to make a point here) Westchester District Attorney's Office is a freaking Joke! Jose Martinez's sentence was a freaking joke
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