Staff file photo by Dean Shalhoup A court officer escorts Thomas Herrmann into the courtroom for his sentencing hearing in July 2017. A judge has amended Herrmann's sentence, allowing him to move to the West Coast.

The ruling by Judge Tina L. Nadeau also terminates Herrmann’s three-year probation period, which also was imposed at sentencing.

That allows Herrmann, 54, formerly of 5 Joppa Road, to leave the area for the West Coast, where he “has family support, stable living and a job,” according to Nadeau’s order.

The order stipulates that Herrmann appear at a review hearing within 12 months, the date of which is to be determined.

Nadeau wrote that the court will determine at the review hearing whether any further review hearings are necessary.

Merrimack police photo Thomas Herrmann, 54, formerly of 5 Joppa Road, Merrimack

Herrmann entered guilty pleas on June 29, 2017, to one count each of aggravated felonious sexual assault, a felony, and violation of privacy, a misdemeanor.

At his sentencing hearing roughly two weeks later, Herrmann was given 5-10 years in state prison, all suspended for 10 years, on the felony charge, and 12 months in Valley Street Jail, stand committed, on the misdemeanor offense.

He was credited with 140 days of time served, leaving him about 7 1/2 months to serve in jail.

The misdemeanor charge accused Herrmann of installing hidden video cameras in the home he shared with his then-wife, in order to secretly record two young girls changing clothes and showering.

The AFSA charge, which was filed against Herrmann shortly after his arrest on the hidden-camera offenses, accused him of sexually assaulting one of the girls between 2012-13, when she was seven and eight years old, court documents state.

Dean Shalhoup can be reached at 594-1256, dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com or @Telegraph_DeanS.