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Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:31 PM Jul 2017

We sure have our share of screwy criminals here in Wisconsin...

This is the strangest one I've read about in a long time.

MENASHA, Wis. (WBAY)- We're learning more about a bizarre string of laundromat thefts that have been occurring in the Menasha area.
Police say a man is stealing people's clothes as they're being washed and left unattended.

When doing the wash, most people don't expect their laundry to be something a thief might want, but on Racine Street in Menasha one laundromat has been targeted twice, which is why Michelle Metz is a bit uneasy.
"It is kind of weird because... I don't leave the laundromat just because you never know what's going to happen. So I... it's just weird, why would you want to take someone else's clothing?" said Metz.

In Fox Crossing, another laundromat, also on Racine Street had a victim with clothes stolen, too.
Police say in one case the suspect was even confronted after taking the laundry.

He's described as 5'9" with blonde hair and green dreadlocks.

http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Thief-targets-Fox-Valley-laundromats-stealing-dirty-clothes--434373553.html

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We sure have our share of screwy criminals here in Wisconsin... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2017 OP
Well, you did have Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #1
Dahmer was a transplant. Archae Jul 2017 #3
Maybe it's larry budwell Jul 2017 #2
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