Naked burglar tells Slidell police he has medical problem

Jeff Adelson

The Times-Picayune

October 07, 2009, 8:01PM

A Luling man who broke into a Slidell home while naked, made himself a meal and took a shower before fleeing has told police he was suffering from a medical problem during the bizarre break-in, authorities said Wednesday.

Slidell Police DepartmentThe naked burglar

cooked and took a shower while ransacking

a Slidell home early Monday morning, police said.

Slidell police planned to question the man, whose name has not been released, on Wednesday night and determine whether he will be booked with a crime, Slidell police spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz said.

Police received a call Tuesday evening from a relative of the man who saw news media reports about the early Monday morning break-in, Foltz said. Investigators then spoke with the man, who agreed to come in for questioning, he said.

Police were told the man was suffering from a medical problem related to his diabetes during the break-in, Foltz said.

Video cameras at a house in the Country Club Estates subdivision captured the man striding up to the house naked on Monday about 1 a.m. He rinsed himself off with a garden hose in the driveway and knocked on the front door of the empty home before sitting covered in a garbage bag in the backyard.

The man then broke into the home and ransacked the place before making himself a meal and taking a shower. He then fled the home wrapped only in a sheet.

The 61-year-old homeowner, who was visiting her son on the West Bank all weekend, found out about the break-in after returning home Monday and gave police the surveillance video from her home security system.

The man had apparently left his car on a nearby highway before the break-in, Assistant Chief Jesse Simon said.