ST. JOHN • A St. John man began his sentence this week after admitting he secretly videotaped a woman who lived at his home, where his roofing business is also based.

Mark Barnstead, 61, of the 8400 block of Madeline Drive, had pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years of probation.

Over a period of at least 10 months, Barnstead captured several videos of a woman in her 20s who also lived at the home, court documents said. She told police she didn't know she was being videotaped nude in her bedroom and went to police after finding videos of herself stored on a computer at the home.

Barnstead runs the St. John-based St. Louis Slate & Tile Roofing Co., which describes itself on its website as a three-generation family business founded in 1985.

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