Naked burglar caught on video

This is a still from surveillance video of a fellow who robbed two Abington, Pennsylvania homes on Friday. From CBS News:

One witness said she saw a naked man fleeing from the (first) apartment just after it had been robbed.

Surveillance video also shows the suspect wearing dark colored shorts and a white sleeveless tank top, apparently before he decided to "dress down."

The same naked thief is wanted in a second burglary the same day, according to police. A homeowner told CBS 3 Philadelphia the suspect went through her 14-year-old daughter's undergarments. Women's clothing was reportedly stolen from the dresser drawers, and obscenities had been written on the mirrors.

"Caught on Tape: Naked Burglar"

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Anonymous

Hmm…Down-on-his-luck drag queen? So desperate for some new feminine duds that he broke into a couple appartments to find some?

No matter how you cut it, this crime gets a big “EEEEWWWWWW!!!!!11!!!”
mdh

EVERYONE remembers when they see a naked person.

but do you remember their face?
nanuq

You have to wonder why he bothers to steal anything. He seems content with the bare necessities of life.
Antinous / Moderator

The more important story is that the world would have ended if they hadn’t blurred his ass for television.
Rezpect

If he didn’t want to be noticed, I actually think getting naked was the wrong move. EVERYONE remembers when they see a naked person. If he’d been dressed in average clothes probably no one would have paid him a second thought.
Anonymous

If it wasn’t for the “pawing through 14-year-old girls underwear” side of things, I would just have assumed he was here to kill Sarah Connor. Unless, that’s the girl’s name in which case… time to boycott AI research
dbarak

Pros: No fiber evidence.

Cons: Plenty of hair evidence.
bolamig

This is the best thing I’ve read on boingboing this week. So elemental, caveman, and hunter-gatherer. In some strange way it restores my faith in the creativity of humanity. Yeah, I need to get some sleep, but thank you naked panty hunter guy for making my day.
Anonymous

GASP! He’s a time traveler.
Anonymous

I don’t think he’s a thief of physical need in as much as it’s psychological.

Unrelated: He seems fit.
Deidzoeb

If he wasn’t a fetishist burglar, there’s a kind of odd logic to it. Ideally a burgler doesn’t want to be seen at all. So if he met his goal, no one would have seen that he was naked, because they wouldn’t have seen him at all.

What’s the perfect uniform to help ninjas blend in to any surroundings?
Their birthday suits.
Have you ever seen a naked ninja?
Works pretty good, doesn’t it?

Fetishist just give upstanding naked burglars and ninjas a bad image.
Keir

by the sound of it this is more fucked up than the term ‘burglary’ normally suggests.
Anonymous

So has anyone been asked for a description? If so…what did they describe?
Lester

It’s “Abington” (inexplicably rated by Forbes as a top place to live) and it is right down the street from my home. Hooray.
Anonymous

“I forgot our Safe word, Bob.”
rathat

Its not Albington, it’s Abington, I live near there, but I also checked if there was an albington, but there wasn’t it happend here.
fun fact: matthew fox (Jack from Lost)is from there.
TJ S

$100 says he was doing it for the “lulz”.
Avram / Moderator

“Could you describe the perpetrator?”
“Well, I didn’t really notice his face….”
Anonymous

creepy. really creepy.
Phikus

Maybe he just wanted to really exemplify being a dick. Was he voting for a certain intolerant political party at the same time?
dbarak

If he had a freckle on his pecker, it was Bill Clinton.
Phikus

Bill’s got a pretty good alibi this time.
Brainspore

It’s the Son of the Invisible Man!
dbarak

@ #14 posted by Phikus

It was his evil twin… ; )
Phikus

Dbarak@~16: You mean the guy who keeps staining his reputation?

(Enjoy that flashback to 90′s Late Nite? Have a cigar…)
dbarak

@ Dbarak@~16 Top notch reply! ; )