intimate theft

Man pleads guilty to stealing panties
AP, March 2, 2007

MANCHESTER, N.H. --A Barnstead man has pleaded guilty to stealing three pairs of panties as a Valentine's Day gift for his wife.

Ronald Roemer, 39, was fined $240 on a misdemeanor charge of shoplifting. Police say he took $22 worth of women's underwear from Sears.

Roemer's romantic shoplifting has a tragic clumsy aspect to it. There is a more sinister side to pantynapping.

Women's panty thief nabbed on Idaho college campus
Brett Cooper is charged with stealing hundreds of women's panties from the Rexburg campus of BYU-Idaho.

He was caught in the act - wearing a pair of women's underwear.

Police say Cooper had a stash of more than 244 pairs of women’s underwear.

I'm not sure how I missed these headlines last year:

Police nab accused panty thief, seize 1700 items

NAGOYA — A 50-year-old man accused of stealing woman’s underwear was arrested Friday, with police seizing about 1,700 pieces of underwear and other items from a garage he used, law enforcers said.
(Mainichi)

Airport panty thief spared jail
A 29-year-old man has been given a supervision order after he admitted stealing women's underwear while working as an airport baggage handler.

Police found more than 300 pairs of knickers at his home, the court heard.