A 28-year-old parolee who hid in a ladies’ restroom at a Riverside hospital, recording visitors as they used the facility, was ordered today to register as a sex offender.
Sergio Eduardo Quezada, an undocumented immigrant, earlier this month admitted two counts of unlawfully concealing a camera to capture video in violation of privacy laws under an agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admissions, prosecutors dropped a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia against Quezada.
During a sentencing hearing Wednesday at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Superior Court Commissioner Eric Isaac certified the terms of the plea deal and imposed a six-month jail term on the defendant. However, because his time in county jail awaiting disposition of the case exceeded the term of incarceration, the time behind bars was abrogated.
Isaac ordered Quezada to register as a convicted sex offender under California Penal Code section 290, which prohibits sex registrants from holding certain jobs to prevent contact with minors, limits where they can loiter and requires them to advise law enforcement of where they’re living.