Man who traded nude video for car gets probation

A 42-year-old Johnson Lane helicopter mechanic who traded nude videos of a 17-year-old girl in exchange for her use of his car was sentenced Tuesday to probation for an offense the judge said was "reprehensible."

He avoided charges on allegations that images of his daughters were captured on a camera reportedly hidden in a shower at his residence uncovered during the investigation.

Troy Marvin Creeks pleaded guilty in June to attempted use of a minor as subject of a sexual portrayal in a performance, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in Nevada State Prison.

District Judge Dave Gamble sentenced Creeks to eight years in Nevada State Prison, suspended, and placed him on five years probation.

When informed there was evidence of a hidden camera in his bathroom shower that recorded pictures of his daughters, one a minor, Gamble asked why Creeks wasn't being prosecuted for a more serious crime.

Prosecutor Laurie Trotter said she was going by the plea agreement. She said suspected images of his daughters turned up late in the investigation.

Trotter said the girls' mother - Creeks' ex-wife - would not allow investigators to speak to them.

Creeks is subject to lifetime supervision by the state parole and probation department and must register as a sex offender.

Creeks was arrested in December after the victim's mother found a contract handwritten by the defendant that required the 17-year-old to perform nude in videos in exchange for use of a car.

According to reports, Creeks took the girl to Wal-Mart and purchased a camera so she could make the videos, which were to be sexually explicit.

Trotter said "thousands and thousands and thousands" of nude photos of women were recovered from a computer at Creeks' residence.

Lawyer Tod Young, representing Creeks, said he never had sex with the victim, sold or distributed the videos, or forced the victim into the agreement.