An Owings Mills man is facing 68 charges related to allegations he recorded 11 women at various locations around Howard County and illegally accessed private media from 37 women at the dental practice where he worked, Howard County officials said Wednesday.
Delano G. Draine, 43, is being held without bond, according to online court records. His charges include theft, Peeping Tom, visual surveillance and other computer crimes.
On Dec. 9, 2023, a 16-year-old girl reported a man recording her over the door of a dressing room at a store in The Mall at Columbia, police said. Later in the month, police seized “various evidence” from Draine through search warrants.
During the investigation, detectives “recovered numerous upskirt and dressing room videos” of at least 11 unidentified women around Howard County, police said.
Detectives also found that Draine, while working as a dental assistant, would obtain phone passcodes of both patients and coworkers by recording them using their devices, according to police, and then sneak access to their phones.
He went through the women’s media galleries and “recorded their personal videos and photos on his phone,” police said.
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According to indictments charging Draine, he stole two photos from a woman on May 16, one photo from a woman on June 20, three photos from a woman on June 27, four photos and one video from a woman on Oct. 23, and 11 photos from a woman on Nov. 13.
Officials said they have identified 37 victims from the dental office, and they do not believe any of the recovered media has been posted publicly online. Not every alleged victim — from the Peeping Tom charges nor the dental practice accusations mentioned by police and listed in the indictments — is named in the indictments.
An attorney listed for Draine in online court records, Warren A. Brown, was not immediately available for comment.
