HUDSON, N.H. — A Hudson man is awaiting a bail hearing after police charged him with multiple felonies related to possessing child sexual abuse material and secretly installing recording devices in a residential bathroom.

Jeffrey Lee Ritze, 43, was arrested on Wednesday following a months-long investigation triggered by a CyberTip about suspected online distribution of sexual abuse material from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to a press release from the Hudson Police Department.

Police executed a court-authorized search warrant at Ritze’s home on Intervale Court on Oct. 16 with assistance from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. During the search, police said they seized numerous electronic devices and digital storage media for forensic review.

Investigators later alleged that Ritze not only possessed and distributed illegal images but had also installed hidden recording devices in a residential bathroom without the knowledge of people who had a reasonable expectation of privacy. According to court documents, the bathroom where the device was installed was shared by two juveniles.

Court documents also state that Ritze “manufactured a visual representation of a child being engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”

Following the forensic examination, police charged Ritze with five counts of possession of child sexual abuse images, one count of distribution of publication of child sexual abuse images, one felony count of violation of privacy, and two misdemeanor privacy-violation counts.

Ritze was arraigned on Thursday in the 9th Circuit Nashua District Court, where he entered no plea on seven of the nine charges. Court documents show he pleaded not guilty to two counts involving the alleged installation of recording devices.

He is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing at 1 p.m. Friday.

Anyone with information related to the case is urged to contact the Hudson Police at 603-886-6011.

“The Hudson Police Department continues to work closely with the ICAC Task Force and state and federal partners in aggressively investigating crimes involving the exploitation of children,” police said in the release.

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