Jon Valdez

Jon Valdez pleaded guilty to one felony count of unauthorized videotaping Tuesday afternoon at the Champaign County Circuit Court and received 24 months probation, 50 hours of community service and substance abuse, mental health and sex offender evaluations. The Class 4 felony could have resulted in a sentence of one to three years in prison followed by one year of supervision and/or a fine between $1 and $25,000. With the guilty plea, Valdez admitted to knowingly or voluntarily committing the conduct.

"I'm satisfied with the resolution to this case," State's Attorney Julia Rietz said Tuesday. "This is appropriate given his lack of prior criminal history; he has accepted responsibility for what he did. He's been convicted of a felony. He's been ordered to get evaluations in order to address any issues he might have so it is an appropriate resolution to this case." "Certainly when someone goes into an enclosed area to change clothes, they expect that they're not going to be recorded without their knowledge," Rietz said.

Valdez was caught on camera positioning the video camera in a locker at Kenney Gym, 1402 W. Springfield Ave., in Urbana, according to the state prosecutor's statements in court. The camera captured former Illinois men's gymnast Wes Haagensen disrobing and naked in the locker room without consent on Sept. 25, 2008. "That's pretty straightforward. This is a very serious offense. That's why it's a felony, and, certainly, we took this case very seriously."