A Pine City wedding photographer has been charged with privacy interference after allegedly secretly recording a bride getting dressed in 2020.
30-year-old Mitchell Ringness faces a maximum sentence of 364 days in prison and a $3,000 fine for the gross misdemeanor charge.
According to the criminal complaint, the Cloquet Police Department was provided a thumb drive containing sexual conduct material by Ringness’ significant other on April 2.
A video on the drive depicted the victim partially naked in a bridal dressing room from a low angle.
After she gets dressed, a photographer enters the room, and the sound of Ringness’ name is heard.
Authorities confirmed with the victim that Ringness was the photographer for the October 2020 wedding at an Albert Lea venue. She said she didn’t know about the hidden camera.
Ringness will make his first appearance in Freeborn County court on Sept. 5.
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