Criminal Oddities: The Underwear Bandit and the Yard Sale Thief

Salem, OR—Police received a call from a woman who claimed her boyfriend had trapped a burglar in their garage. When police arrived, they found a 47-year-old man wearing nothing but a pair of the woman’s underwear. A search of the man’s home, located in the same neighborhood, turned up several garbage bags full of women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories.

Anne Arundel County, MD—After returning to her home one afternoon, a woman found she had been burglarized. After the discovery, she was driving down her own street when she saw a yard sale with several familiar items on sale in the front yard. The woman immediately returned home and called the police. The police arrested the man who was attempting to sell $25,000 worth of the woman’s belongings in a yard sale just down the street from the house he had robbed. The items were returned and the suspect has been charged with 1st degree burglary.

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