'Thirsty' Soda Burglar Strikes For The Second Time: Police

If you happen to see David Lopez, 21, of Bridgeport you may want to buy him a soda;he’s allegedly very thirsty.

Milford police say Lopez, of Sylvan Avenue, is inexplicably charged with breaking into two Bridgeport Avenue businesses after hours on back-to-back days in an effort to steal a soda.

Police spokesman Sgt. Jeffrey Nielsen said in both burglaries the sole motive was thirst or a desire to quench Lopez’s thirst.

First, on June 18 police say he broke into a Bridgeport Avenue business by breaking the front door of the business valued at $2,800 and taking two 2-liter bottles of soda valued at $5.58.

For the sake of telling the full story, police say Lopez stole both a bottle of Pepsi and Coke.

He was found in downtown Milford and originally held on a $25,000 bond.

After posting bond, which can apparently be thirsty work, Lopez was allegedly right back to it as police say they responded to a burglar alarm at another Bridgeport Avenue business around 1 a.m. Friday.

During their investigation, police found Lopez in the Milford downtown area again and identified him as being responsible for the burglary, police said Friday.

Lopez admitted to breaking the front glass door of the business valued at $200, police said.

As in the first case, the motive for the second burglary attempt was Lopez’s desire to quench his thirst, Nielsen said.

Once again he’s being held on a $25,000 for an assortment of charges and we’ll see what tomorrow brings.