NYC Legal Aid Lawyer Secretly Films Colleagues Undressing
Written by Sean Hocking
Yes.. another one of those believe it or not stories..
The Gothamist blog reports...
A Legal Aid Society lawyer was arrested yesterday for allegedly planting a clock with a hidden surveillance camera inside it in a female co-worker's office. WNBC reports that 32-year-old Peter Barta's distaff co-workers told police detectives that they regularly used their offices to change into work clothes (like a suit for court) or for after-work activities. Barta had videotape in his home of one of his workers with her breasts and buttocks bared.
In October 2006, one of the five women who had been recorded noticed a motion-activated hidden camera inside the alarm clock in her Manhattan office. When she removed the digital memory card from the camera and viewed what had been captured, she contacted her supervisors. Detectives have tape of Barta actually removing the camera from the alarm clock. When the district attorney's office was notified of the creepy criminal behavior, Barta resigned within the week. Nine months later, he is being charged with unlawful and attempted unlawful surveillance and could face four years in prison. Any lawyer convicted of a felony in New York State is automatically disbarred.
