Man accused of secretly recording girl changing enters not guilty plea

CHIPPEWA FALLS — An Eau Claire man charged with allegedly placing a recording device in a girl’s bedroom and recording nude images of her pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

Jeremy M. Reimann, 44, 1218 Archer Lane, was charged in Chippewa County Court in October 2023 with capturing an intimate representation without consent, possessing an intimate representation of a minor without consent, and invading privacy by use of a surveillance system. The case has been delayed, as Reimann requested a substitute judge, and the case has now been assigned to Judge Steve Gibbs.

Reimann appeared in court Wednesday before Judge Gibbs, where he entered the not guilty pleas. Gibbs set a return court date for Nov. 20. No trial dates have been set at this time.

At a preliminary hearing in July, Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell told Judge James Isaacson about how the victim’s brother found the hidden camera.

Reimann was released last October after posting a $5,000 cash bond and he remains free at this time. As conditions of his release, Reimann cannot have any contact with the victim or her residence.

Court records indicate the girl is 14. The incident happened at a home in Chippewa Falls.

According to the criminal complaint, a person in the house “came across some hidden cameras in (the girl’s) bedroom.”

The person who found the devices “stated the camera would capture whatever (the girl) was doing in her bedroom at the time of the recording. (He) stated that he looked at some of the videos and that some of the videos captured inappropriate images.”

For instance, in one video, the girl entered her room and took off her robe and was naked. The video was stamped with a date from April 2023. The video was later located on Reimann’s personal computer.

Police interviewed Reimann on Oct. 19, 2023, who “admitted to placing the hidden camera in (the girl’s) bedroom, as some things had come up missing in (her) bedroom,” the complaint reads. “Mr. Reimann admitted that (the girl) did not know about the hidden camera in her room. Mr. Reimann admitted to multiple downloads of videos of (the girl) nude. Mr. Reimann did say he would delete the videos.”

Police executed a search warrant for electronic devices at the house on Oct. 20, 2023.

Online court records indicate Reimann has not been previously charged with a crime in Wisconsin.