![]() The letter expresses concern about "negative publicity" stemming from this story, that may be confusing to current customers. In a certified letter sent to FOX 6 News February 12, 2014, an attorney for the current owners says that Joe DeBelak's company "is in no way affiliated" with Jon DeBelak's company. However, the elder DeBelak has since sold his interest in the business to new owners, who kept the company name. **NOTE: "Jon" Debelak Plumbing & Heating is NOT affiliated with "Joe" Debelak Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc. ![]() His attorney tells FOX6 he has never used hidden cameras in any way in connection with his business** and that he is a reputable plumber who poses no threat to re-offend. While most video voyeurs are charged with felonies, Jon DeBelak had his charges reduced to misdemeanors for invasion of privacy. "It needs to be done so that harsher punishments come out for these types of crimes," Julia said. "It took every ounce of me to be here and speaking out," she says. It wasn't easy for Julia to sit in front of a video camera and tell her story. "It is almost hard to fathom, you know?" says Krivitz. Jon DeBelak is not required to register, even though he's a plumber** who makes house calls for a living. Of the five convicts mention in this report - Millard, DeBelak, Nack, Noonan and Pirc - only James Pirc is required to register as a sex offender. It wasn't until 2009 that Wisconsin law was changed to give judges the option to require video voyeurs to follow the rules of sex offender registration.īut even now, judges often opt to waive that requirement. His crime occurred in 2002, when she was 17. What's even more troubling for Julia is that Gary Millard is not a registered sex offender. He secretly recorded the victim as she changed clothes in his bedroom. Police say he had a system of hidden cameras throughout his home. Gary Millard was convicted of recording nude images of a 17-year-old model during a photo shoot. "There is an extreme paranoia because they don't know where these images have gone," Karshen said. Karshen says that is a common theme for victims. "Did they really get them all?" she wonders, referring to police. Like many victims, Julia still can't shake the feeling those videos will surface again someday, on the internet. My best friend said I was screaming in my sleep," Julia said. The discovery had a traumatic effect on Julia's mental health. Julia didn't find out about the videos for years, until Millard's wife discovered the hidden cameras and videos, and police tracked Julia down. The photographer, Gary Millard of Oak Creek, had installed an elaborate series of hidden cameras all over his house, including at least one behind a 2-way mirror in his bedroom, where Julia would go to change outfits between shoots. "They are mentally unstable and disgusting that they have to do this," says a woman who we'll call 'Julia.' She was secretly recorded by another man during a modeling shoot when she was 17. Pirc was convicted of recording nude images of two women who worked in his building. "You don't like cameras shooting you without your consent?" calls FOX 6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn.Ī Glendale police surveillance camera catches James Pirc crouching down and slipping a pen camera under the door of an office bathroom. "Because of the paranoia and fear it causes problems with her day-to-day life and that is where the anger comes in," Krivitz says.įOX6 tried to talk to Jon DeBelak about this, but when we showed up at his Grafton home with a video camera, he ran back inside. ![]() He says she is still dealing with episodes of debilitating paranoia over being recorded without her knowledge or consent. She declined FOX6's request for an interview, instead asking Krivitz to tell her story. Court records say the cameras were used to record his water skiing partner as she changed clothes after practices. "People would never look and think there is a hidden camera in that item," says Erin Karshen, an Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County who specializes in sensitive crimes.ĭeBelak was charged with felonies in Dodge County for planting a hidden camera in his house on Sinissippi Lake, and Ozaukee County, for placing one in his parents' house in Mequon. Got a 10-year restraining order after learning she'd been spied on with hidden cameras. ![]()
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