Crime & Safety

Man in Underwear Found Asleep at Dunkin' Donuts in Vernon

Police said there was no coffee ready at the time of the break-in.

VERNON, CT — A man in his underwear was found asleep inside a Vernon Dunkin' Donuts early Friday morning, police said.

The man, identified as 27-year-old Wahad Dode of 61 Candlewood Drive, South Windsor, was discovered asleep on the counter of the Rockville Dunkin' Donuts at 2:10 a.m. Friday, police said. A prep crew had arrived at the 38 Windsor Avenue business and found him, police said.

Dode apparently climbed through the drive-up window, stripped down to his undergarments and fell asleep on a counter, police sad.

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Police said there was no coffee ready at the time of the break-in.

Dode was charged with third-degree burglary for squirming through the drive-up window and with third-degree criminal trespass for sleeping inside the business after hours, police said.

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He was held overnight on a $100,000 bond and was to appear at Rockville Superior Court later in the day on Friday, a clerk at the court said

Police aid they were still trying to figure out why Dode climbed inside the business in the first place.

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