Crime Blotter: Drunken Man Found Asleep on Porch of Wrong House

Crime blotter information provided by the Sierra Madre Police Department.

Saturday July 13, 2013

At 6:30am, officers responded to the 00 block of West Highland Avenue to investigate a report of an unknown person sleeping on the front porch of a residence.  The officers located the individual and found him to be intoxicated.  The individual (male, 54 years of age) admitted he had consumed a few drinks earlier that morning and thought he was at his mother’s house. He was arrested for public intoxication.  

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