CARLTON — A man who was already registered as a predatory offender has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for secretly recording a young child in the bathroom of his home and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Nicholis Joe Parenteau, 36, of Esko, received the sentence last week from Judge Rebekka Stumme after pleading guilty in August to five felony charges.

A criminal complaint said the Carlton County Sheriff's Office was contacted March 2 by the victim's mother, who had accessed Parenteau's phone and found a recording that appeared to be taken from a discreet location in the bathroom.

The footage reportedly showed the young child getting dressed, undressed, using the bathroom and taking showers. The woman told deputies she then went into the bathroom and found the camera hidd

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