Charged with theft of Panties

Most men will tell you that they don't mind looking at women in their panties and bras, but it's fairly rare to find a guy who likes to look at women's bras and panties without a woman present at all. One such man was recently charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 93 pounds of women's panties, brassieres and other underwear at his home.

Investigators believe Garth M. Flaherty, 24, of Pullman, Washington, took as many as 1,500 undergarments from apartment complex laundry rooms before he was caught, said Pullman police Commander Chris Tennant, adding that police found enough women's underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags.

Flaherty was seen taking underwear from two laundry rooms, and a witness recorded his license number. That gave police what they needed and he was identified by witnesses from photographs. "He said he had a problem," said Tennant. 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 in the northeast part of Pullman, where Washington State University is located. "We were kind of concerned about how to match up bras and panties with victims," Tennant told local news media. "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, he said. "Would you really want them back?" Tennant asked. "I would say not."

-- Well, at least the guy admitted he has a problem, and -- with 93 lbs. of women's underwear in his bedroom -- not just a little problem either. Still, it's good the police got their man quickly. It's just too bad that they didn't get to match the 1,500 bras and panties with the women they were stolen from, hehehe!