Possibly he needed to sleep on it?
A man broke into a restaurant in the UK — and was found dropped in the bathroom the following day, next to a mop-bucket loaded up with bottles of alcohol and a half-eaten cheesecake.
The owner of 808 Bar and Kitchen in Sunderland found the future criminal early Saturday after following the sound of his snoring.
“We opened the toilet foyer door and there he was, our own one of a kind Sleeping Beauty taking out some zzzzzz’s and driving us to his very position on account of some extremely powerful snoring,” the owner wrote in a Facebook post describing the incident.
“CCTV footage had showed two men in fluorescent jackets and face masks breaking-into the eatery and grabbing what they could, “which, unluckily for them, was not a great lot as we are currently closed,” the post read.
“They stacked a cleaners mop bucket full to the brim with beer, cider, soft drinks and, possibly the most bizarre swipe of them all, a half eaten cheesecake slapped straight onto the top of the bucket.”
Around 2 a.m., one of the shoplifters dashed out of the restaurant. As staffers continued to scan the footage for the second thief, they heard a strange sound, which turned out to be his snoring.
“As if a deep sleep mid burglary wasn’t enough, we found him spooning Henry the Hoover with the cheesecake by his side… four hours after he had originally entered the building,” the owner wrote.
“All jokes aside, in situations like these it’s frustrating to think that these scumbags are breaking into people’s businesses when times are already hard enough in the current climate,” he added.
The sleeping suspect was taken into custody, but cops are still hunting for the other thief.
