"Haircut Bandit" jailed for eight years

[Althalus]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When police finally came to Michael Howard's home, they discovered hair everywhere: a thin carpet of hair covering the floor, huge mounds on the bed and in the closet plus photos of severed ponytails lined up as neatly as bodies in a morgue.

The cops knew then that they had finally caught up with the notorious "Haircut Bandit."

For three weeks in December of 2001, Howard cruised the streets of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, casing bus stops and park benches for women with ultra-long tresses.

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[Kismit]

That guy must be one of the most interesting psycological casses I've ever heard of .

[emmy]

Actually I could do with a free trim

[Loonboy]

Was he bald by any chance?

Reminds me of that X File where the guy was half human/half demon and hung around

morgues and undertakers to mess with the bodies... ick.

[Bizarro]

hmm. i dont get it. put the psycho away.

"If we put everybody in jail who has a fetish, we wouldn't have anyone running our government. So many people have them."

i think this begs the question, what is Kismit's fetish

[schadeaux]

They gonna make the guy a barber while he's in da joint?

[Kismit]

I collect samples of peoples postings for future disection

[SpaceyKC]

You have to admit, schadeaux, he certainly wouldn't

be getting punished, in fact, he'd never want to leave

prison!

Kismit, do you have a favorite (poster)?

[dragonqueen64]

That guy is GONE. He lost his marbles, alright. No clue WHY he did it either...