ANAHEIM – Retired Huntington Park police Chief Paul Lawrence Wadley, who was charged with leaving lewd photos of himself and exposing himself to women on hiking trails in Anaheim, has worked out a plea deal that will keep from having to register as a sex offender and will keep him out of jail, his attorney said Wednesday.

Wadley, 56, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of prowling and one count of vehicle tampering at the North Justice Center in Fullerton, said his attorney, Al Fadel Amer. Wadley was sentenced to three years of formal probation, 150 hours of community service and ordered to pay $176 court fees, Amer said.

Wadley’s firearms were confiscated, but will be returned to him upon the successful completion of his probation. He also was ordered to stay away from parks and trails, Amer said.

“I think he is happy with the offer,” Amer said.

Pat Ahle of the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case, did not immediately return messages.

The first incident occurred Nov. 4 when a woman contacted police about a photograph of male genitalia she found on the ground near a running trail at Oak Canyon Road in east Anaheim. The woman had seen similar photos of both male and female genitalia in the area, Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said, but had destroyed the pictures rather than tell police.

The second incident took place Nov. 25, when a man exposed himself to a woman walking on a hiking trail near Toyon Park, lowering his pants to his knees and exposing his genitalia and buttocks, Martinez said.

On Nov. 29, a group of women exercising at Toyon Park reported returning to their cars to find photographs of male genitalia on the windshields of their cars.

Officers patrolling the area found similar photographs, Martinez said.

A fingerprint on one of the photographs and a description of the indecent-exposure suspect linked the incidents to Wadley, Martinez said. A search of Wadley’s Anaheim home turned up additional evidence linking him to the incidents,

Anaheim police issued an arrest warrant for Wadley in December. Wadley was out of the country in Kosovo when police issued the arrest warrant. He was working as a consultant with the European Union to help improve security for Kosovo’s police department, Amer said, adding that his client quit his job and returned to the country.

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