Press Release  Wassilie sentenced to prison for videotaping in a public restroom

PITTSFIELD — A Hudson, New York man, found guilty November 9^th, was sentenced this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court. The jury deliberated for about 3 hours before returning its verdict against 39 year old SAM C. WASSILIE.

WASSILIE was found guilty on ten (10) counts of VIDEOTAPING PERSONS NUDE OR PARTIALLY NUDE and five (5) counts of VIDEOTAPING SEXUAL PARTS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. Judge John Agostini ordered that he serve concurrent 4 to 5 year state prison sentences at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on the charges of VIDEOTAPING SEXUAL PARTS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. WASSILIE was given concurrent house of correction sentences on the ten (10) counts of VIDEOTAPING PERSONS NUDE OR PARTIALLY NUDE.

The jury found that WASSILIE installed a video recording device in a public restroom at Pinegrove Park in Dalton. The incidents occurred between September 14, 2014 and October 26, 2014.

The investigation was conducted by members of the Dalton Police Department.

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