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Weird News: 'Peeping Tom' Sentenced, After-School Fight on YouTube and Toilet Activist Runs for State Office

Patch brings you the weird news headlines from the week in Maryland.

 

'Peeping Tom' Sentenced to 11 Years for Secretly Recording Ellicott City Women

A Columbia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to secretly videotaping two women inside their Ellicott City condominium and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

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Man Robbed in Front of Police Union Lodge

A man told the robber he didn’t have a cellphone and then it started ringing.

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Alleged Havre de Grace Decoy Thief Caught on Tape

The Harford County Sheriff's Office said a resident captured the suspect in a home burglary on surveillance camera twice in three days.

A suicidal man escaped from the emergency room at Carroll Hospital Center Wednesday night and broke into a Westminster home before being caught by police, officials said.

Teen in Custody After Fight Posted on YouTube

A 17-year-old is in police custody after being identified in an after-school fight that was posted to YouTube.

Toilet Activist Files to Run for Maryland Lt. Governor

Duane Davis, known for leaving toilets as political protest outside the Historic Courthouse in Towson, is running as a Republican in 2014.

Masked Bandits' ATM Heist Using Backhoe Goes Bad

Three masked robbers attempted to use a backhoe to steal an ATM from the wall of a Bank of America in Potomac, police said. Security personnel watched the attempted caper on surveillance cameras but the suspects got away.

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