Police follow trail of pillows to find sleeping burglars

Police follow trail of pillows to find sleeping burglars

Photo: Monroe Police Department

By KOMO Staff & News Services

MONROE, Wash. -- Police in Monroe say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in.

Kyle Buress, 25, and Allen Pierce, 27, have been charged with second-degree burglary and possession of stolen goods.

Police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said a break-in was discovered July 9 at a Fred Meyer outlet on U.S. 2.

A surveillance video camera showed two people going from one storage container to another. Willis says police followed a trail of cardboard and items from the containers for some 200 feet.

"There was some firewood and there were some backpacks they found as they went through," she said.

What they found at the end of the trail were Burress and Pierce - one sleeping in a stolen hammock and the other on a pile of stolen pillows.

Police took some photographs before waking and arresting the pair.

Willis says they apparently had been drinking and adds, "I'd say a lot of alcohol was involved."

The pair is being held on $10,000 bail.

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