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James Dowdy

  BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A Belleville man whose hankering for women's hosiery has landed him in prison is in trouble again -- once more for his apparent lust for leggings.

  St. Clair County prosecutors charged James Dowdy on Friday with felony attempted burglary for his uninvited visit of a parked car. He also was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for dropping socks in a neighborhood where witnesses say they saw him slinking.

  The 36-year-old Dowdy is jailed on $50,000 bond.

  Dowdy has been sentenced to prison in 2004, 1997 and 1994 for various periods, all reportedly for burglary-related charges tied to his efforts to get women's socks.

  Belleville police Captain Don Sax says there's been no evidence Dowdy is threatening, and that he seems to be only after women's socks.

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