Search warrants list 1,074 pairs of women's undergarments that he stole. Many were stuffed in shopping bags and a filing cabinet at his home in Falls Church.
Dalmas did not explain his actions during his guilty plea in Fairfax County Circuit Court, and neither his attorney nor prosecutors mentioned the panties during the hearing.
"I don't profess to be that knowledgeable about ladies' undergarments," Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Ian M. Rodway said after the court hearing. "They ran the gamut from frilly things to mundane things."