LOS ANGELES — A former building inspector for the city of Rancho Palos Verdes has been charged with secretly recording dozens of men and women at a City Hall bathroom and a nearby coffee house.
Andrew James Jensen, 49, of Huntington Beach faces 89 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized invasion of privacy.
Jensen is accused of using a hidden camera to secretly record 63 women and 26 men from June 13 to July 5, prosecutors said.
“On July 5, 2018, a hidden miniature camera was discovered by a Rancho Palos Verdes city staffer in a unisex employee restroom,” according to a sheriff. “A police report was filed and Lomita Station initiated a criminal investigation.
Bail is set at $450,000. If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a possible maximum sentence of more than 44 years in jail.
