Connecticut grocery chain Stew Leonard’s settled a decade-long lawsuit Wednesday over a depraved ex-employee swiping female coworkers’ underwear just as the trial was about to kick off. The popular supermarket brand reached an eleventh-hour settlement with two women who sued the company for negligence in 2019 for employing a convicted burglar with a history of panty theft dating back to his high school years, the Greenwich Time reported . The former worker, Robert M. Brown, of Burlington, broke into the women’s homes and raided their drawers before taking off with bags stuffed full with their undergarments, according to the suit. Grocery store chain Stew Leonard’s settled a lawsuit related to a former employee who stole underwear from the homes of two coworkers. Bloomberg via Getty Images The case had been rotting on the docket for seven years, making it one of the oldest unresolved matters in the Bridgeport Judicial District Court house, according to the local outlet.…