(KNZA)--A Hiawatha man convicted of using a concealed camcorder to secretly videotape a child has been placed on probation.

Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill said David Cattrell was sentenced Monday in Brown County District Court to a total of 15 months on a felony charge of breach of privacy and misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana.

The sentence was suspended and Cattrell was placed on 18 months supervised probation.

He pleaded no contest to the breach of privacy charge in November.  In exchange for the plea, a charge of sexual exploitation of a child was dismissed.

Hill said the charge had to be dismissed as a result of a Court of Appeals decision that said the charge could not be applied to facts where a child was secretly filmed without their knowledge. “ In that instance, they said the defendant could only be charged with the felony breach of privacy, which is what happened here.” he said.

Cattrell was arrested in April following an investigation by the Hiawatha Police Department.