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When a woman confronted her 41-year-old live-in ex-boyfriend in early August about a camera hidden in a hole in her shower, he told her he had installed it the day before, according to prosecutors.

Terrill Frank Stoltz sent her a text “stating that he had installed the camera the previous day to watch chickens he was cleaning in the bathtub and forgot to remove it,” charging documents say.

Stoltz appeared Monday in Yellowstone County Justice Court on a count of surreptitious visual observation or recordation in a residence, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $500 fine.

He also faces a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge alleging he damaged the inside of a hot water heater closet while cutting a hole into his ex-girlfriend’s shower.

A judge granted the woman an order of protection after the incident. Stoltz also faces four charges, including two felonies, alleging he violated that court order by contacting his ex-girlfriend.

On Monday, Justice of the Peace David A. Carter set Stotlz’ bond at $10,000 and scheduled him for arraignment in Yellowstone County District Court on Dec. 5.