SKIRMISHER

You all know we’d love to promise this would be the last time we’re mentioning underwear-loving daredevils, a genre of swashbuckling thievery made recently famous by the likes of Japanese Shideo Kodama and Yoshio Fukasawa, but our gut feel tells us Garth Flaherty and his wonderful stash of about 1,500 unmentionables is just one of the many panties-hoarding tales you can expect to go on and on.

Investigators believe Garth M. Flaherty, 24, took as many as 1,500 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, a witness recorded his license number, and Flaherty was identified from photographs, Tennant said.

Police found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags, Tennant said.

The Pullman, Washington police department is now planning a “panty lineup” to give distraught underwear owners a chance to identify their missing knickers.

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