Man arrested for peeping, taking lingerie from student’s room
November 7, 2012 by admin
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Police used a Taser to apprehend Sean Maas after he allegedly entered a first-floor window of the home and removed women’s clothing and lingerie from the 21-year-old student’s bedroom, said Newark Police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 1:48 pm
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Newark Police arrested a 39-year-old Wilmington man Tuesday after he entered a home on Choate Street and stole lingerie from a female University of Delaware student’s bedroom, police said.
Police used a Taser to apprehend Sean Maas after he allegedly entered a first-floor window of the home and removed women’s clothing and lingerie from the 21-year-old student’s bedroom, said Newark Police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall.
Farrall confirmed Wednesday that Dr. Sean Maas works as a chiropractor in Wilmington. According to a web page for his business, based on Foulk Road in Wilmington, Maas is also a coach for the Concord Soccer Association in Delaware.
Farrall said police do not believe Maas knew the victim. The victim was home at the time of the incident, but was not in the bedroom when Maas allegedly removed the lingerie and other items from the room, Farrall said.
Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, a citizen called police to report a man crouching near a first-floor window of a home on the unit block of Choate Street, Farrall said.
Several officers converged on the area and found a man that matched the description the caller had given walking in the City of Newark Parking Lot 4 near Choate Street, he said.
As the officers approached the man, later identified as Maas, they noticed women’s lingerie hanging from his waistband, Farrall said. When an officer tried to take Maas into custody for questioning, Maas ran.
The officer ran after him and deployed his Taser device after Maas refused to stop. The Taser prongs struck Maas in the back, causing him to fall onto the asphalt. Police then took Maas into custody without further incident. He sustained abrasions to his face and a broken tooth as a result of the fall. Emergency personnel transported him to Christiana Hospital, where he was treated and then released back into police custody.
An investigation determined that Maas had entered the Choate Street home where he was first observed through an unsecured first-floor window and, once inside, had removed women’s clothing and lingerie from the female victim’s unoccupied bedroom.
Maas was charged with one count each of second-degree burglary, theft under $1,500, trespassing with the intent to peep or peer, and resisting arrest. He was released on $8,000 unsecured bail.
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Handmade lingerie meant for charity burns in Texas house fire
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A Texas woman escaped injury Wednesday after a fire gutted her home and destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of handmade lingerie she’d just brought back from West Africa to sell for charity.
“It’s one of those moments I have to kind of put my hands up and thank God I’m still alive,” Tara Smith told NBCDFW.com.
The sound of the smoke alarm startled Smith from sleep about 2 a.m. Flames were shooting through a vent in the living room of her home in Irving, northwest of Dallas. She tried to put out the fire, but it spread quickly, she said. Smith managed to escape from the home, suffering minor burns.
“I’m not sure where I will go from here,” Smith told NBCDFW.com. “Everything is like burned.”
Fire officials have not determined the fire’s cause.
Just four hours earlier, Smith had returned home from a month-long mission trip to Africa. She returned home with thousands of dollars’ worth of lingerie handmade by villagers in West Africa. Smith planned to sell the clothing through a nonprofit and fair trade business. Money raised would have helped fund development projects and employ seamstresses in Cameroon. Smith said her goal is to help women worldwide to start businesses to sustain their families.
“We are still in shock,” Smith’s mother, Lynette Nadeau, told NBCDFW.com.
Smith stayed hopeful, fighting back tears as she spoke with NBCDFW.com.
“I’m just holding on to my faith right now,” Smith said.
NBCDFW.com’s Kendra Lyn and NBC News’ Sevil Omer contributed to this report.
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