BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Police in Belleville, Ill., say the sock bandit is at it again.

   St. Clair County prosecutors have charged 36-year-old James Dowdy with residential burglary after police say he was caught with socks taken from a Belleville home early Monday.

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

   On Monday, a man called police to report that his daughter had heard someone in the basement of their house and that a man was spotted crawling out of a basement window.

   Police dogs were called in and led officers to Dowdy's home. Inside, authorities say police found socks that had been taken from the basement laundry room.

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