ticatfan3
March 27th, 2007, 1:31:44 PM
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/oddities/story.html?id=2369951d-39a1-4082-b920-7de62f27e966&k=84990
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state man has been charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 42 kilograms of women's underwear at his home.
Garth Flaherty, 24, may have taken as many as 1,500 panties, brassieres and other undergarments from apartment complex laundry rooms before he was caught, police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.
A man was seen taking underwear from two laundry rooms Saturday and a witness recorded his licence plate number.
Flaherty was identified from photographs, Tennant said.
Police found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags, Tennant said.
"He said he had a problem," Tennant said.
Flaherty has been jailed on 12 counts of second-degree burglary and one of first-degree theft.
Police had previously received 12 reports of underwear thefts near Washington State University.
"We were kind of concerned about how to match up bras and panties with victims," Tennant said. "Based on the unique descriptions from a couple of women, we can tie him to those thefts."
The underwear will be held as evidence until the case is resolved, after which their disposition is uncertain, Tennant said.
"Would you really want them back?" Tennant asked. "I would say not."
© The Canadian Press 2007
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state man has been charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 42 kilograms of women's underwear at his home.
Garth Flaherty, 24, may have taken as many as 1,500 panties, brassieres and other undergarments from apartment complex laundry rooms before he was caught, police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.
A man was seen taking underwear from two laundry rooms Saturday and a witness recorded his licence plate number.
Flaherty was identified from photographs, Tennant said.
Police found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags, Tennant said.
"He said he had a problem," Tennant said.
Flaherty has been jailed on 12 counts of second-degree burglary and one of first-degree theft.
Police had previously received 12 reports of underwear thefts near Washington State University.
"We were kind of concerned about how to match up bras and panties with victims," Tennant said. "Based on the unique descriptions from a couple of women, we can tie him to those thefts."
The underwear will be held as evidence until the case is resolved, after which their disposition is uncertain, Tennant said.
"Would you really want them back?" Tennant asked. "I would say not."
© The Canadian Press 2007