Baltimore County Police arrest one of the suspected Towson-area Peeping Toms

Baltimore County Police arrested a 55-year-old man on misdemeanor charges after they say he repeatedly peered into and filmed the first-floor Towson apartment of three young women who said they have been terrorized by Peeping Toms for nine months.

At 4:09 a.m. Friday morning, court records show that detectives handcuffed Andrade Robinson after observing him using a step stool to peek into the window of a different apartment complex — about 2 1/2 miles southwest of the Donnybrook Apartments where the young women live.

Devin Kaestner, one of the Donnybrook roommates, said she can’t believe police found one of the men.

“Really, I have hope again,” she said.

Investigators allege Robinson had been lurking outside the women’s residence at the Donnybrook Apartment complex in Towson, where the roommates said strange men have prowled outside their windows at least 13 times since September 2025.

The arrest came a week after the women told The Banner that they were frustrated by what they described as police inaction.

“We’re living in a horror movie of our own,” Kaestner said previously.

Both Kaestner and her roommate, Towson University senior Chloe White, said they have been dealing with and complaining about at least three Peeping Toms.

Department spokesperson Joy Lepola-Stewart could not clarify the number of suspects.

“The investigation is still open at this point,” she said.

Tip, license plate and surveillance break the case

According to court records, police watched Robinson snake between parked cars near an apartment complex on Rodgers Forge Road beginning at 3 a.m. Friday morning.

Det. Nicole Spear observed Robinson first use the windowsill to pull himself up to a better position before abandoning his post, grabbing a step stool from his car and repositioning himself to stare inside the window at an elevated angle for several minutes, records show.

Ten days earlier, an anonymous county resident called Spear to report that she saw a man with a three-step ladder walking behind Kaestner and White’s apartment between 2 and 3 a.m. — the same night the roommates reported the most recent Peeping Tom incident.

The caller told Spear she watched the man put his ladder into a black Ford Explorer with Maryland plates and relayed the license plate number to the detective. The SUV was registered to Robinson, according to court records.

When Spear and two other detectives approached Robinson on Friday — after watching him peer into the other apartment on Rodgers Forge Road — the 55-year-old took off on foot.

Police quickly arrested him, but Robinson denied “peeping” into any windows and told police he carries a small ladder to go through trash bins in Towson parking lots to find objects to resell.

When detectives asked Robinson if he brought a ladder with him Friday morning, he said no, even though they found a step stool nearby.

“It should be noted that at no point was Defendant Robinson seen close to or looking into any dumpsters or trashcans in the area,” police wrote in court records.

The officers also interviewed the man and woman in the Rodgers Forge apartment Robinson was caught peering into. They discovered the woman inside was getting dressed for work in the bathroom as Robinson watched, according to court records.

‘We’re really, really happy’

A few hours later, detectives called White at 7:30 a.m. Friday to deliver the news, a week after the women told The Banner they were fed up with the department’s decision not to publicize images of the men they recorded on their Ring cameras.

“Something definitely switched, 100%,” Kaestner said. “We’re really, really happy with the detectives and the police, because they’ve really pulled through.”

She added that she has faith that Spear and the rest of the detectives are “on top of it.”

Robinson is being held without bond in the Baltimore County Detention Center until his bail hearing at 1 p.m. on Monday.

His trial is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on July 6, and Robinson faces up to 11 months in jail and up to $3,500 in fines if he is convicted on both misdemeanor charges.

Banner reporters Sapna Bansil and Dylan Segelbaum contributed to this story.