MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A 27-year-old man pled guilty to two counts of filming a child under the age of 16 without permission in Madison County.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Satoshi Maehata was sentenced to 20 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Maehata will have to register as a sex offender when he is released.

Madison and Ridgeland police received several complaints involving a man at Liberty Park and the Renaissance offering snacks to young girls in exchange for hugs.

Investigators with the Madison Police Department began doing surveillance at Liberty Park and located Maehata. They said he consented to a search of his car where agents found a small camera disguised as a pen, along with candy and snacks.

Police said Maehata admitted to having inappropriate videos that he took of underage girls on his computer. Officers performed a forensic examination of the computer and located multiple clips that appeared to show footage of females taken from under their skirts at both Liberty Park and Renaissance.