People have been cursing out Pepco for nearly a week
But now, there may be a silver lining in the days-long power outage.
On Friday, two days after a powerful and quick-moving snowstorm cut power to about 210,000 Pepco customers, a man broke into a Silver Spring house to steal jewelry.
That's been happening a lot lately in eastern Montgomery County. About 40 homeowners have experienced a similar fate, and police were stymied.
Which brings us back to Silver Spring. As the burglar was rifling through the rooms in that house, the homeowner's son arrived and startled him. The burglar jumped out a window and fled. The son called police, who searched the house.
They were stunned at what was found: a cellphone, charging in an electric socket, that didn't belong to the homeowner.
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Huh? He was carrying his cell phone charger with him?
