By CHRISTINE VENDEL
The Kansas City Star
A Kansas City, Kan., police officer caught filming under a 15-year-old girl’s skirt at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kansas City pleaded guilty today to disorderly conduct.
Victor D. Waller, 45, entered the plea in Kansas City Municipal Court as part of a deal with city prosecutors.
City Prosecutor Lowell Gard said Waller’s attorney contacted him a few days ago to arrange the deal in which Waller would receive a 90-day suspended sentence and two years of probation. Waller also must pay a $100 fine and attend 12 counseling sessions with a psychiatrist.
If Waller does not complete his counseling, or if he is arrested for a similar offense within two years, he will have to serve his 90-day sentence, Gard said.
Police and prosecutors said the disorderly conduct charge was the only one they could apply in this case.
When the parade incident came to light, Kansas City, Kan., police suspended Waller and launched an internal investigation.
The day of the parade, witnesses noticed Waller allegedly filming the teen with a camcorder in a waiting area after the parade. A woman yelled, “Hey, What are you doing?” or something to that effect, police said. The video captured her voice, they said. The next images were of concrete as Waller quickly walked away.
Outraged witnesses followed until they found a police officer, who later wrote Waller a ticket saying Waller had caused a breach of the peace by attempting to view under the victim’s skirt as he stood behind her.
Sex crimes detectives watched more than one hour of video from Waller’s camcorder and said it contained primarily images shot from the waist down of girls, ages 12 to 15, wearing leotards and skirts.
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