Local tanning salon owner Ronald Hanslovan, accused of spying on undressed customers, pleaded no contest yesterday to a third-degree misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy and will be under probation for one year.

"[Hanslovan] received the maximum sentence allowable -- one year of probation --and must pay a fine of $1,000 for court costs," Centre County Assistant District Attorney Nathan Boob said.

Hanslovan's defense lawyer, Roy Lisko, did not return repeated phone calls to his office by press time.

A plea of no contest does not dispute a charge.

"The defendant is not admitting they did it, but is also not going to raise defense to it," Judge Thomas Kistler said. "The defendant receives the same sentence and same record as if it was a guilty plea."

Hanslovan was also charged with possession of instruments of crime, but the charge was dismissed, Boob said. The charge referred to "peep holes" in his office that provided a view of areas where customers undressed and a tanning bed in room 7, which could include a view of a customer's crotch area.

Boob added that Hanslovan will have to comply with any treatment the Centre County Probation Office deems necessary after his evaluation.

"The probation office has a gamut of different treatment options," Boob said. "Any sort of sexual offender treatment is possible ... the department will have to evaluate him."

Centre County Probation Office Director Thomas Young said that, generally, those under probation are restricted from committing new crimes and leaving the state without written permission.

Young said they must have an approved address, pay fines to the county in which they were sentenced, keep appointments with the probation officer, participate in drug and alcohol testing and abide by special conditions deemed necessary by the probation officer.

He added there is typically no restriction on whether a person under probation can run a business, but would not comment on the specifics of Hanslovan's case.

The motion to suppress evidence, filed Sept. 30 by Hanslovan's defense lawyer, Roy Lisko, was denied Friday by Kistler who deemed the claim "without merit," Boob said.

The motion was filed to challenge the constitutionality of the search warrant for Hanslovan's tanning salon, Tanfastique, formerly at 159 S. Garner St., where police discovered and photographed the "peep holes" in Hanslovan's office. Police also confiscated the business computer that Hanslovan used to schedule clients into room 7.