WICHITA, Kan. -- A Kansas burglar apparently likes to be clean - but isn't so good about clean getaways.

Police in Wichita say it appears a man broke into a house Friday night to wash his clothes but fled in boxers, with his jeans still in the washer.

Here's what happened: A woman reported that she returned home, found her basement laundry room in disarray and went upstairs to call her husband.

That's when a man wearing only blue boxer shorts came upstairs, grabbed her purse and ran out the door.

Police Sgt. Diane Varnell says the woman chased him and recovered her purse, but the burglar is still on the loose.

Varnell says it appears the man simply needed to wash his clothes.

Sometimes people are so stupid it is hard to even believe the stories are true. I guess that is why they took Beavis and Butthead off tv, who needs cartoons when real life people are doing this stuff?

What a weird story... I don't even know how to comment on this one, or whether to believe it. Reason says it's not true, but experience whispers, "Stranger things have happened..."

This is really a sorry thing for the robber.He also lost his jeans in this case. I feel sorry for them.

maybe he was waiting for his jeans to finnish washing but wasnt expecting the homeowner to be back so soon, what a dumbass, he should have just robbed her then went to the laundry mat.