Man who filmed woman in UPMC Greene bathroom gets probation
A UPMC Greene employee who used his cellphone to secretly film inside a women’s restroom at the hospital was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty Wednesday.
Under the plea agreement, Daniel Rose, 46, of Vestaburg, must also perform 50 hours of community service, continue mental health treatment, and pay a $1,000 fine. He is also barred from contact with the victim.
“I somewhat reluctantly accept the plea agreement … this is highly concerning behavior,” said Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffry Grimes.
The 80-minute video, filmed in May, began with Rose placing the phone in the vent and later showed a co-worker using the bathroom.
After an employee spotted his phone in an air vent above a stall in the fifth-floor bathroom, Rose went in to retrieve it, co-workers testified at his preliminary hearing.
Rose told police he had left it on his supervisor’s desk, and that his own phone was at home. While searching Rose’s car, officers dialed the phone, which was found near the rear tire on the driver’s side. Rose then told police “he must have dropped it,” a UPMC Greene officer said at his preliminary hearing.
The repeated lies to law enforcement also troubled Grimes, he said during Wednesday’s hearing.
“That kind of gives me an idea where you were in your mind, committing these offenses,” Grimes told Rose.
Rose’s attorney, Adam Belletti, said Wednesday he believes Rose no longer works at the hospital.
Rose said he has been undergoing counseling once a week. He must continue the treatment until he is discharged by the therapist.
Rose pleaded guilty Wednesday to use of intercepted communications, criminal use of a communication facility and tampering with physical evidence. A charge of invasion of privacy was dismissed in the agreement.