A mental health agency director charged with hiding a video camera in a bathroom will beg guilty to nine misdemeanor charges under an agreement with prosecutors. An attorney for Joseph Newell, executive director of Mid-Shore Mental Health Systems Inc. in Easton, announced the plea deal agreement with prosecutors during a pretrial hearing Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and a appeal hearing was scheduled for Feb. 3.Newell, who is charged with hiding a video camera in a unisex bathroom at the agency's offices, was placed on indefinite administrative leave after he was charged in June. Easton police have said the camera restricted a memory card with video of Newell installing the device.
