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on’t mess with these Texas parents. A husband and wife in Houston chased down an alleged “peeping Tom” lurking outside their 10-year-old daughter’s bedroom window — and shot him, authorities said. The couple said they heard their daughter scream late Sunday when she spotted the man touching himself, local reports said. “She looks over at the window and this guy is at her window,” the girl’s mother, who asked not to be identified, told KPRC-TV. “He took my daughter’s innocence away.”

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police are investigating a report of a drone peeping into a woman’s apartment window. Police were called to the downtown Seattle apartment complex on Sunday morning after she spied an unmanned aerial vehicle hovering outside the building. The woman said she was concerned the drone was looking into her apartment. After calling police, an employee of her apartment building says he went outside and saw two men piloting the drone. They packed up their gear, which included a video camera, and drove off before police arrived. Authorities say they are checking for surveillance video that may...

Now I don't know if this is true or not, but a woman at the store told me she went to college with Harry Reid (D) Nv. and he was almost caught by security peeping into the girls dorm late at night.

Police say they’ve arrested a 20-year-old computer technician on suspicion of planting spyware on dozens of computers to secretly watch the owners via their webcams. Trevor Timothy Harwell was arrested Wednesday after being charged with a dozen counts of illegal computer access and fraud, Fullerton police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. While working for Rezitech Inc., Harwell visited the homes of customers to service their Macintosh computers, Goodrich said. “While he had physical access to the computers, he would install a spyware-type application that allowed him remote access to the user’s computer and webcam,” Goodrich said, adding Harwell also worked on...

A 44 year old Hong Kong man accidentally fell off a 10th floor balcony while trying to video tape his next door neighbor showering. peeping-ton-fall Peeping Tom Accidentally Falls Off 10th Floor picture The 29 story building was designed so that two units have their bathroom windows right next to each other. This made it easy for the man to climb over and peep on his neighbor. The victim, a 28 year-old sales lady, was taking a shower when she noticed a strange hand holding a cell phone outside the bathroom window. She screamed for help and saw the person...

Peeping Tom Arrested After Hiding Under North Carolina Man's Bed GREENSBORO, N.C. — A peeping Tom was caught with his pants down — literally — under a North Carolina man's bed because he was trying to get a glimpse of the man's naked girlfriend, according to MyFOXWGHP.com. Police arrested 20-year-old Donei Zabedra-Ilario ....

An illegal immigrant deported a month ago after serving a prison sentence was arrested for peeking through a window to watch a 12-year-old boy shower and dropping his pants in front of a woman. Juan Gutierrez Bahena, 28, was deported May 26 after serving a prison sentence for drug possession but he returned to California and was arrested Monday. Authorities say Bahena also has several convictions for burglary and resisting arrest. An Orange County boy saw Bahena watching him shower on Monday and the youngster ran to his mother, who chased Bahena away and called authorities, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino...

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Mario Russo, an alleged peeping Tom, is in a North Royalton, Ohio, hospital intensive care unit after a tree branch was used to sexually attack him. WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported Tuesday the 44-year-old man was attacked after being seen outside a bedroom window with his pants around his ankles, while watching a 5-year-old girl sleep. The girl's mother, Stacy Umstott; her aunt, Athena Lemieux; their boyfriends and two others face felonious assault and rape charges for allegedly beating Russo for more than an hour, p;olice told WEWS-TV. Lemieux admitted to police she sexually...

As if it was divine retribution, three men were struck by lightning while they peeped at a pair of passionate lovers having sex in a car in a hillside area in Taipei. Hiding in a broken hut and each using a high-powered telescope, the three were so oblivious as they watched the lovers' act that they did not notice lightning flashing in the sky before a bolt hit the hut, police said yesterday. "All three were hit at the same time, but survived as they appeared to have evenly shared the impact of the super-high voltage electric current when the...

Nanny-Cam May Leave a Home ExposedSat Apr 13, 2:55 PM ETBy JOHN SCHWARTZ The New York TimesThousands of people who have installed a popular wireless video camera, intending to increase the security of their homes and offices, have instead unknowingly opened a window on their activities to anyone equipped with a cheap receiver. • Venezuela's Chief Forced to Resign; Civilian Installed • Nanny-Cam May Leave a Home Exposed • For the latest breaking news, visit NYTimes.com • Get DealBook, a daily email digest of corporate finance newsDealBook. Search NYTimes.com: The wireless video camera, which is heavily advertised on the Internet,...