MAGICIAN GETS PRISON FOR SECRET VIDEOTAPING

Newsday/Carl MacGowan

Robert Bob Infantino, a 52 year old Levittown man who called himself Long Island'sFavorite Magician and who was a frequent school performer, pleaded not guilty August 22, 2008, tocharges that he secretly videotaped a woman and her two daughters changing outfits at his homephoto studio.  Investigators said they suspect there may be additional victims. Infantino , of4 Springfield Circle, was ordered held on bail of $180,000 cash or $360,000 bond and temporaryorders of protection for the woman and her two daughters were issued.  Investigators seized acomputer from Infantino's home and discovered hard-core child pornography.  On June 29, 2010,Infantino was sentenced by County Court Judge Barbara Kahn to 5 to 15 years in prison forsurreptitiously videotaping 19 women and girls, some as young as 10, in the basement of his home.
(New York)