FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A northwestern New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he burglarized the same bar twice within three days and stole alcohol both times.
And police say he fell asleep on a couch in one of the cases.
The Farmington Daily Times reports Tyrone John was arrested last week following two reported burglaries at the B Lounge inside the Brentwood Inn and Garden Motel in Farmington.
According to court documents, John was arrested May 26 after police arrived and found the bar’s window broken. Police say officers found John sleeping on a bar’s couch.
Farmington police were dispatched just after 3 a.m. on May 29 after a man allegedly walked out of a side door of the bar with a bag of liquor bottles. Officers say video surveillance footage showed a man who appeared to be John.
John was found two hours later and arrested.
He is facing charges of non-residential burglary and criminal damage to property.
It was not known if he had an attorney.
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