A Vallejo man arrested on a total of 31 counts of child pornography, including other lesser charges, has been held to answer to four felonies and a laundry list of misdemeanor counts.

Superior Court Judge Diane Price handed down her ruling this morning after hearing the evidence against Jeffrey Brice Ogle presented at a preliminary hearing earlier this week.

Price held Ogle, 34, to answer to three felony counts of possession of child pornography and one count of felony eavesdropping.

In addition to the felony charges, Price also held Ogle to be accountable for one count of  prowling, 13 counts of disorderly conduct and three counts of peeking, all of which are misdemeanors.

The alleged crimes, which happened over the past few months in north Napa, involved at least nine victims, ranging in age from 16-18.

Ogle is accused of videotaping the teens in various stages of undress, some nude, in their bedrooms or bathrooms. Ogle trespassed onto the victims’ property through a fenced yard and videotaped the girls through the windows, without them having any knowledge of his presence. Police believe that on one occasion Ogle climbed on a roof to videotape a victim through her bathroom window, according to the court records.

Ogle, who has no prior felony criminal record, was arrested June 28 after a teen saw a man outside her window in the 3900 block of Lassen Street with a video recorder, according to the police report. The girl told her father, who scared the intruder off.

Police searched the area and found a pickup not far from the house where the prowler was reported. The pickup was backing up without its lights on. The officer made a traffic stop and questioned Ogle, who was driving, police said, adding he could not give them any legitimate reason for being in the area.

When officers searched the pickup, they found a video camera which had been camouflaged with black electrical tape, a notebook, containing several Benicia and Vallejo addresses and a pair of gloves.

The video camera contained footage of several young teens girls in various stages of undress, some nude, which had been videotaped through windows of the residences, the police report said. One girl had been videotaped five times.

That night Ogle was arrested on prowling, issued a citation and released on his own recognizance with a promise to appear on the citation on Aug. 6. However police continued to investigate Ogle, while attempting to identify the other victims on the videotape.

After his June 28, arrest, Ogle, knowing police were investigating him, voluntarily went to see Napa defense attorneys Kelly Boyd and Theresa Harrington, who work for attorney Jim Jones.

“Upon my suggestion, (Ogle) immediately enrolled in sex offender therapy. He paid for it on his own,” Boyd told the Register on Friday after Ogle’s court appearance.

Boyd said that on Aug. 6, she appeared in court for Ogle on the June 28, prowling citation. “At that time no criminal complaint had been filed by the district attorney,” Boyd said.

Boyd said she asked the court to put it into the record that if a complaint was filed to let her know, “I told them I would bring him in. I sent a letter to the DA telling them I was representing Mr. Ogle and informing them of my request to bring my client into court if they filed a complaint,” she said. “I got no response.”

While out on his own recognizance, Boyd said Ogle cooperated with investigators allowing them to search a storage unit.

On the night of Aug. 20, Boyd said Ogle’s family members called her to say there were about 12 police officers with dogs at the house where Ogle lives with his 85-year-old grandmother in Vallejo.

The officers had a $500,000 warrant for Ogle’s arrest. They were not able to locate Ogle at the residence.

The next day Ogle called Boyd and she accompanied him when he surrendered himself at the county jail. He was booked and held on $500,000 bail.

“The whole arrest warrant thing at his elderly grandmother’s house really upset her,” Boyd said.

Boyd said she was disappointed the communication broke down and police were sent to arrest Ogle at his home. “All I needed was the word an arrest warrant was issued, and my client was ready to turn himself in,” she said. “I thought I would walk him into court. We tried very hard to make it work that way.”

Telephone calls to Napa police investigators and the district attorney’s office by the Register on Friday were not returned.

Boyd admits the charges against Ogle are serious.  “But he’s not a monster. He’s trying to do what he can to get help with his problem,” she said.

Ogle is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 10.