Unlucky Burglar Targets Home Of Minn. Sheriff
WINONA, Minn. (AP) -- A burglary suspect apparently didn't notice that the Minnesota house he was targeting had a sheriff's squad car parked outside.
Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand says his wife called him Thursday evening to say someone was trying to break into their Lewiston home.
Brand says he rushed home and found a man reaching through a broken glass door trying to unlatch the door.
The sheriff says he wrestled the 37-year-old man to the ground and held him until police arrived.
A KAGE-AM report says the suspect produced a breath-alcohol test of 0.33, more than four times the legal limit for driving.
Brand says the suspect had walked by the sheriff's own squad car to enter the garage and steal the hammer used to smash the glass door.
No one was hurt.
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