A 79-year-old man has been given five years probation for filming a teenage German male exchange student with a secret camera hidden in a clock . Lloyd Lindquist of Leesburg , Florida , pleaded guilty to video voyeurism on Friday as part of a plea deal which also prohibits him from having unsupervised contact with minors . The host was arrested last after the youngster , who was attending Tavares High School , told police he found a device hidden in his bathroom clock . Lloyd Lindquist of Leesburg , Florida , pleaded guilty to video voyeurism on Friday as part of a plea deal which also prohibits him from having unsupervised contact with minors . On closer inspection , he then discovered a USB port and memory card attached to the device . The student had been living with Lindquist since August 2013 , but did n't find the camera until May 2014 . The boy searched for the hidden gadget after noticing Lindquist had searched for 'spy cameras ' on his browsing history . Scott Herman , an attorney for Linduist , told the Orlando Sentinel : 'In the end , it was a difficult decision for Lloyd to enter a plea . 'In my opinion , the evidence against him was not nearly as lewd as the initial report made it out to be . ' The teenager 's mother has also started a civil suit against Lindquist , and is seeking $ 15,000 in damages . It states the boy had an 'expectation of privacy ' and was left severely emotionally distressed as a result . The host was arrested last after the youngster , who was attending Tavares High School , told police he found a device hidden in his bathroom clock .
mark Lindquist of Leesburg pleaded guilty to voyeurism on probation . Has been prohibited from making unsupervised contact with strangers . Was taken out by a teenager attending Tavares High school . police found the suspect in May 2014 . He moved in nine months earlier .