A man who took a photo of his ex-girlfriend having sex, copied it onto fliers and scattered those fliers outside her downtown office building was sentenced to 30 days in jail today.

Thomas Joseph Voigt Jr., 41, also was sentenced for mailing a letter to his ex-girlfriend's boss at Standard Insurance. The letter included a topless photo of her, and a link to a video that he had secretly recorded of her having sex with him.

Prosecutor Lauren Kemp had asked Judge Adrienne Nelson for six months in jail to send a message to Voigt that his crimes were very serious.

"This is a game to Mr. Voigt," Kemp said.

But defense attorney Ken Kissir told the judge that his client is employs himself by fixing commercial garage doors, and that six months in jail would destroy his livelihood. Kissir said the threat of jail has motivated his client to follow all court orders.

The judge said she would sentence Voigt to up to four more years of jail if he violated any of the terms of his probation, which will last five years. Those terms include staying away from his ex and following all directions from his probation officer, including a mental-health evaluation and GPS monitoring if so ordered.

"No one should be terrorized," Nelson told Voigt. "...No one should have to feel at any moment that they can have their lives turned upside down."

Voigt declined to speak during the hearing. The Oregon City resident sought the representation of Kissir, a privately retained attorney, and fought the misdemeanor charges against him during a three-day trial last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Nelson found him guilty of invasion of privacy and harassment, among other crimes. She found him not guilty of telephonic harassment and second-degree criminal mischief, which included accusations that he keyed the woman's car.

Voigt dated the woman from 2002 to 2010. Athough the prosecution presented evidence that he was distraught about a restraining order she'd filed against him in November 2010, he contended that he didn't circulate the fliers, mail the letter to her boss or commit other disturbing acts meant to intimidate his ex.

Kemp, the prosecutor, credited Officer Nathan Tobey of the Portland Police Bureau's Domestic Violence Reduction Unit for building a strong case. Tobey was able to link Voigt to the photo -- taken from the secret video -- of the woman having sex. Voigt had text messaged the same photo to his ex-girlfriend using a phone that police recovered from his home. The text message included a warning that she needed to right her wrongs against him, or else.

Kemp said that while stalking cases are often frightening to victims, Voigt went the extra step.

"This went on for over a year and a half," Kemp said. "The planning that went into it seems fairly extreme. It's not like he was just showing up."

For example, Voigt didn't just scatter the fliers outside Standard Insurance, he stapled one-dollar bills to them -- presumably so passers-by would be sure to pick them up.

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