Man arrested in Baltimore County "Peeping Tom" investigation

A 55-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a "Peeping Tom" investigation near a Towson apartment, Baltimore County police said. 

Andrade Robinson was taken into custody around 4 a.m. after he was found in the Rogers Forge area. He was charged with misdemeanor peeping tom and surveillance offenses and is being held without bond, court records show. 

He is one of a handful of men alleged to have looked inside residents' windows, but he's not either of the men we've recently seen on security cameras shared with WJZ in April.

An Attorney for Robsinson is not yet listed. Police said the investigation is ongoing. 

Neighborhood reaction

Neighbors say there is a little relief, but it still feels like they have to look over their shoulder with other potential peeping toms out there.

"I'm really happy that they got one person at least, but I don't want people to stop looking," said Devin Kaestner, a Donnybrook Apartments resident.

County police say an officer caught the 55-year-old in the act near an apartment building in the Rodgers Forge area around 4 a.m. Friday morning. 

According to charging documents obtained by WJZ, Robinson was seen by a patrol officer looking into the windows of apartment units. 

Documents say he even used a stepping stool at one point to gain an elevated view into one of the units. Robinson told police he used it to look inside garbage bins for resale items, but camera footage shows he never went near the garbage. 

Police say Robinson has been identified several times, dating as far back as 2002, acting suspiciously late at night in the Donnybrook and Rodgers' Forge apartment complexes.

Friday's arrest came as a surprise to Devin Kaestner and her friends when the news first broke. WJZ spoke to her roommate, who sent us a video of multiple people coming up to their window and peering in.

"It seems like this is just a really overflowed area of these disgusting men," said Kaestner.

Kaestner and other residents have set up cameras in their apartment to help police, and out of concern that someone may be trying to peer in.

"It doesn't matter what we do," said Kaestner. "I think these people are deranged, and they're going to do anything they want, and that's just the kind of person that's willing to go this close to a window

"Peeping Tom" investigation in Towson

Police began investigating a reported "Peeping Tom" in the area in mid-April after multiple complaints from Donnybrook Apartment residents. 

Officers said they were working with Towson University officials and neighborhood organizations to identify a suspect. 

One student told WJZ that the "Peeping Tom" appeared after she moved in, about a year and a half ago. At that point, Chloe White said she thought it was a one-time incident and did not report it to police. 

"It irked us, for sure, but they just put up a privacy film, and we didn't have any issues," White said. 

In September 2025, White said police showed up at her door and told her they received a tip that people were looking through apartment windows. 

Tracking a "Peeping Tom"

In January, White caught someone taking a picture through her window. She reported the incident, which she said sparked concerns about how many times it may have happened. 

"I looked to my right at my window, and I had a small crack in my curtains, and I saw someone filming me through that crack," White said. "It was two hands, a horizontal phone, and a flash."

After that January incident, White said she added five security cameras to her apartment and caught three peeping tom incidents, most recently on April 18. 

White said the apartment had installed floodlights, but argued that more action was needed. 

"We have been in contact with local law enforcement officials, who subsequently responded to and are investigating the report," Continental Realty said in April. "We will continue to cooperate with the police investigation."