Burglary suspect caught in tub

The burglary suspect told police he intended to dress up in women's clothes.
YOUNGSTOWN -- No problem with 65-year-old David L. Anderson's being naked in a bathtub, except he was in a stranger's house, and the burglar alarm was ringing.
Patrolmen John Hull II and Bill Ward were sent to the 1400 block of Scioto Street on Saturday afternoon to check out the alarm. They found the front door open and heard a male voice inside. Patrolman Kenneth Blair arrived as backup.
The officers entered the house and, over the sound of the alarm, yelled, "Youngstown police," telling the man to come out. He said he was undressed.
The alarm kept ringing.
As police searched for the man, they heard him ask: "Who am I talking to?" Again, the officers said they were the police.
The alarm kept ringing.
"Come out where we can see you," the officers said, again.
"I'm in the bathtub washing the blood off," the man answered.
The officers found the man, later identified as Anderson, standing naked in the tub. He said he was washing blood off his foot from an injury.
Anderson told police that he lived in the house and no, the alarm's going off didn't bother him, it had been going off for a while. His arrest report shows he lives on Lansdowne Boulevard.
When asked how he got in to the Scioto Street house, he answered, "God let me in."
What police found
A bottle of lotion, women's underwear, shirt and pants were found laid out on a child's bed across the hall from the bathroom. Anderson's clothes were on the floor next to the bed.
Officers suspected, and later confirmed, that Anderson had masturbated in the child's bed and then went to wash up.
A 78-year-old homeowner arrived and told police that Anderson is not known to the family.
While en route to jail, Anderson asked why he was under arrest and was told he was being charged with burglary.
"I didn't steal anything -- I just took a bath," he told police, adding that he also needed clean underwear. "I was just taking a bath and then I was fixing to dress up in women's clothes."
The officers explained that he didn't have to steal anything to be charged with burglary.
A gold-framed picture of a woman in white found in his pocket was confiscated until ownership can be determined.