Probation given in shower video case

? A man jailed for six months after he was accused of videotaping girls in the shower room at Brewster High School during a volleyball tournament must spend two years on probation and complete a sex offender rehabilitation program.

Adam F. Juenemann, 24, of Brewster, reached a plea agreement in the case and was sentenced last Friday in Thomas County District Court. He pleaded guilty to eavesdropping, criminal trespassing and criminal damage to property, all misdemeanors.

The six months Juenemann has spent in jail will count toward the probation time. Judge Richard Ress, who also fined Juenemann $1,000, said the rehab program will have to be completed even if it extended beyond the probationary period.

At the request of Thomas County Atty. Allan Taylor, Ress also ordered Juenemann to pay restitution to the Brewster schools and for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred, such as counseling costs, incurred by the victims.

The videotaping took place during a junior varsity tournament in September. Participants included girls from the Colby, Jennings, Brewster, St. Francis and Cheylin school districts.

Coaches who identified girls on the video said more than 50 of them were taped in the shower room. Parents, coaches, school officials and students filled the courtroom for Friday’s hearing.

“We need to examine the laws of the state of Kansas,” said Kent Kechtner, head volleyball coach at St. Francis, which had 32 girls who were on the videotape. “Video voyeurism doesn’t receive the penalty it needs to.”