Vernon business break-in suspect caught sleeping on the job

Instead of making a getaway, a thief was caught catching some shut-eye when police arrived at a Vernon business that had been broken into overnight. Officers were called at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, to a report of an overnight break and enter at a business on Waddington Drive, according to an RCMP media release. RCMP don’t identify the business. Employees arriving at work in the morning discovered someone had broken into the story and had rummaged through tools and other merchandise. Officers found a suspect still inside the building, sound asleep on a storage shelf at the back of the store. He was woken up and arrested. “The effort of breaking in and all the stress of the crime must have really tuckered him out,” Vernon RCMP spokesperson Const. Chris Terleski said in the release. “Emptying display cabinets and sorting and stockpiling all of his loot left him so exhausted he decided to steal a few minutes of shut-eye before continuing with his heist, but completely overslept.” A 46-year-old man appeared in court yesterday and was remanded in custody until his scheduled court date today. To contact a reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander mailto:halexander@infonews.ca  or call 250-309-5343 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tip@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .