More local news now, a stunning morning in Wakashaw County Court, a judge refused a plea deal for a former Butler police officer. Brian Pergandy agreed to plead no contest to accusations that he took inappropriate pictures of someone whom he arrested. Johnnie Kaplan reports from inside the courthouse. Brian Pergandy walked into his hearing today composed and confident. He agreed to plead no contest, while the state reduced the charges against him from a felony to a misdemeanor. Mr. Pergandy, if you give up all those rights today and thereby you have the right to have a trial, there's never going to be a trial in these matters, sir. And instead, we are going to resolve it all here this morning. You understand that? Yes. Prosecutors accused Pergandy of misconduct as a Butler police officer. The criminal complaint alleges Pergandy went to a strip club in Milwaukee to arrest a dancer for outstanding municipal warrants. When they arrived at the police station, the woman told investigators that Pergandy took close-up pictures of her covered breasts. Mr. Pergandy, you're joining with your lawyer, certain plead no contest to this disorderly conduct charged back from September the 8th, 2009? Yes. The judge, without taking off his robe or leaving his seats, then kind of changed roles. He began to cross-examine Pergandy, looking for some sort of admission of guilt. And in the judge's eyes, he never got it. And is it specifically that you did that you're causing you to plead no contest to this disorderly conduct here today, Mr. Pergandy? I took photos that were eventually blown up, I believe. What? I took photos of a female that I arrested. Why would you plead no contest to a charge of this disorderly conduct for having done that? I guess I broke policy and I guess I made it feel uncomfortable, Your Honor. Why would you have made it feel uncomfortable, sir? I don't know. She was fully clothed. Mr. Caterney Brad Shimmo refused to rule out another plea in the future, but right now, this case headed for trial on a felony charge. In Waksha, Jonah Kaplan, today's TMJ4. And Pergandy is embroiled in another case as well. He is currently suing the village of Butler and the police department because he thinks all of this is retaliation against him for complaining about their police chief.