Crime & Safety

Police Catch Suspected Burglar Asleep On The Job

He hit Bill's Cleaners in Odenton, then hit the hay.

Anne Arundel County Police responded to a burglary at Bill’s Cleaners in Odenton and found their suspect asleep on the job — literally.

When officers arrived on the scene Thursday morning of a reported burglary, they did a sweep of the business.

Dwain Lenard Perrin, 45, was found sleeping inside the cleaners and in possession of ”several items of merchandise and US currency,” police said.

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He was determined to have entered through the back door and damaged property in the process.

Perrin was arrested and charged with 2nd and 4th burglary, theft, trespassing and malicious destruction to property.

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