Man Who Recorded Woman Under her Home Sentenced to Prison

The Union Leader has reported that a man who recorded a woman for two days under her trailer has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison.

According to the report, the judge suggested that Christian Hobbs, 44, deserved more time for what he did, but that prosecutors crafted the harshest sentence possible given that the violation of privacy law that Hobbs broke was only a misdemeanor.

, police said they responded to a Friendship Drive home for a report that the resident had witnessed a male subject, Hobbs, peering up at her from underneath her bathroom floor.

She told police she knew the subject because she had purchased the mobile home from him a couple years ago. In addition, he had done work for her on the home two weeks ago.

She had noticed "movement in the air duct" and looked into it and saw Hobbs allegedly looking up at her.

"The male simply said 'hello,'" police said.

After she called 911, responding officers found Hobbs walking south on Route 28 and as soon as they confronted him he admitted to being under the trailer. Police said they then took Hobbs into custody.

According to police, an investigation into the incident revealed two weeks ago Hobbs, while doing work, hooked up two baby monitors in the residence, one in the bedroom and one in the dryer duct.

Police said they determined Hobbs then came back and "snuck under the trailer and cut holes in the floor and then in the floor vent under the bathroom.

According to police, Hobbs had been under the trailer for nearly two days and had food, beverages and tissues, and was observing and taping the resident while she was in the bathroom.