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Panty raid involving a sex offender

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story provides a little (perverted?) levity at the end of a long work week:Petaluma police officers seeking an explanation for why women's panties were discovered during a routine search of a male sex offender's home learned the underwear had been acquired from a surprising source.  Larry Allen Riebli, 45, is believed to have taken the garments from homes for sale during open houses, police said. Riebli, who is on probation for a conviction for annoying or molesting a child, admitted taking the underwear during a search Tuesday of his Baywood Drive home, police said.  The panties were part of a cache of 25 to 30 pairs, about 20 of them purchased from stores, a handful bought from prostitutes and the remainder allegedly taken from houses up for sale, Deputy Sonoma County District Attorney James Patrick Casey said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).