Trevor Fay

The Republic | azcentral.com

A Goodyear police officer accused of filming more than 20 unknowing naked women at a tanning salon was sentenced Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court to three years in prison.

Judge Brad Astrowsky also ordered Jeffrey Streeter to register as a sex offender and serve lifetime probation upon release, but with the possibility of that probation sentence being reduced down the line.

Streeter pleaded guilty in November to six counts of voyeurism. He will serve consecutive terms of 1 1/2 years each for the counts, Astrowsky ruled.

Astrowsky cited Streeter's career as a police detective as a mitigating factor in the case but cited the pain he caused to the defendants as an aggravating factor.

"The pain of burglary is magnified seven times or more when talking about one's body," Astrowsky said. "You robbed these people of their privacy and it has clearly weighed heavily on them."

After Streeter's arrest in November 2014, police said they obtained 23 videos from Streeter's cellphone in relation to the investigation.

The investigation began when a 20-year-old woman told employees she saw an object rising above a dividing wall in a tanning salon. Employees determined that Streeter was in the adjacent tanning room, according to court documents, and told Avondale police.

Police said they recovered videos depicting as many as 21 women at the salon near Interstate 10 and Dysart Road.

One of the victims in the case, went before the judge to make a tearful statement.

"He needs to know what he has done to me," she said, referring to Streeter. "I never thought twice about undressing and I shouldn't have to. Now he's just like the other criminals that he was supposed to be protecting us from. I've become suspicious of other people, to say the least."

She closed by saying that she, along with the other women Streeter videotaped, always will be looking over their shoulders because of what he did.

A forensic examination found that the videos in question on Streeter's phone were tampered with in an attempt to delete them, court records show. Astrowsky said the concealment of evidence was a significant aggravating factor in his sentencing of Streeter.

Before the final sentencing was handed down, Streeter's father, Robert Streeter, went before the judge. "I don't condone what he did, but I am sure that everyone has done something they regret," he said.

Robert went on to talk about how Streeter has become the head chief at a startup restaurant since his firing from the force, and that he's never seen his son happier or more relaxed. Robert also argued that Streeter has suffered enough, seeing as how he lost his wife, home and reputation since his arrest.

"We just don't understand where the justice is," said Robert. "He's been to counseling, and I'd rather see him helped than in prison. It doesn't do society or his victims any good to keep him in jail for an extra year and a half."

Streeter initially was charged with 22 counts of voyeurism, all felonies. Most of those counts were dismissed, and two of them will remain under the court's jurisdiction in case new evidence is forthcoming.