Burglar Strips Upon Entering Towson Pizzeria

Baltimore County Police say a man burglarized a Towson pizzeria then, when inside, took his clothes off.

The burglary happened on the last Thursday morning, Nov. 10, at Slice Pizza in the unit block of West Pennsylvania Avenue. Police say the man entered through a roof vent, disrobed then damaged a vent hood and several registers. He took cash from the registers before running from the store. Images of the burglar were captured on restaurant surveillance.

"Seeing it was weird, knowing that somebody was naked running around the store," said Yani Rizas, who owns Slice Pizza with his family.

Rizas said he got the surprise of a lifetime when arrived to open his store around 8 a.m. Thursday but found the door was already open and the place ransacked.

He and a couple of employees looked at surveillance footage and couldn't believe what they saw.

"Everybody's mouths just dropped and we couldn't help but laugh because that's something that doesn't happen every day. It's funny to see that," Rizas said.

Apparently the burglar made his way into the restaurant through a roof vent, but his pants got ripped off on the way down. Once in the store, he took off the rest of his clothes in what looks like an attempt to hide his private parts. then went for the cash registers.

"He took one of the cash registers, brought it in the back and slammed it on the ground, the one that he couldn't disconnect. This one is bolted in. There's nothing in it, so he tries to open this one. It didn't open, but broke and then he messed up the computer systems too," Rizas said. "He didn't end up stealing a dollar because we don't keep any money in the cash register. He still did a lot of damage to the POS system, thousands of dollars' worth."

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

WBAL-TV 11 reporter Lowell Melser contributed to this report.