LYNNWOOD — A Seattle man is facing a child pornography charge after he took his computer to a Lynnwood shop for repair and a technician reportedly discovered images of nude children on the hard drive.
Thomas Troy Madden, 52, told police his interest in children was "somewhat experimental or exploratory," Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Lisa Paul alleged in court papers. She noted the man has a 1985 conviction for indecent liberties.
Police also found on the man’s computer video clips of women urinating in the defendant’s bathroom, Paul wrote.
The man admitted making the videotapes without the women’s knowledge using a one-way mirror, according to court papers. He also showed police his equipment, but there was no evidence it had been used recently.
No charges were filed over the secret taping because investigators learned Madden made the videos at a date that places them outside the statute of limitations, Paul said.
Everett
Robber sentenced: A bank robber who left behind a holdup note that contained his girlfriend’s name and phone number was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years in prison.
Curtis Anthony Sherman, 35, was convicted of first-degree robbery for a Jan. 5 holdup in Everett. On Thursday, he also pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery for a Jan. 4 robbery. It was during that robbery that Sherman left the note eventually leading to his arrest. He’ll serve his sentence on both charges at the same time.
Sherman has 14 felony convictions, ranging from the robberies to burglary, auto theft, drug possession and assault. Despite his criminal record, he didn’t face a sentence of life in prison without release under the "three strikes" law. That’s because most of his crimes weren’t of sufficient gravity to count as "most serious" offenses, or strikes.
From Herald staff reports
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