Defendant: Daniel Switzen (DOB 5/12/73)
Sept. 25, 2018 -- Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced former television director Daniel Switzen was sentenced on a charge of Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class E felony, for spying on the family’s nanny in a bathroom. He pleaded guilty to the charge last May. Westchester County Court Judge Susan Cacace sentenced him to five years sex offender probation and he will have to register as a sex offender. A SORA (Sex Offender Registration Act) hearing is scheduled for Nov. 13, 2018.
Background
On Nov. 13, 2017, Switzen placed a secret camera in a bathroom inside his Pleasantville home. The camera was hidden within a tissue box and was discovered by the victim, a teenage nanny employed by the family. Switzen admitted to placing the camera in the bathroom to capture the victim and her friends on video. He was arrested in November, 2017 for Unlawful Surveillance.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Servino of the Sex Crimes Bureau.
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