Vernon Police Charge Homeless Man With Burglarizing Walgreens

A homeless man was arrested early Monday morning after triggering an alarm inside the Walgreens store on Route 83 in Vernon.

Casey Speers, 45, is charged with third-degree burglary and second-degree criminal trespass. Bond was set at $2,500, and he was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Rockville Superior Court.

Police responded to an alarm at Walgreens around 12:46 a.m., and found a man, identified as Speers, inside the store. Speers stated he had fallen asleep inside of the store and set off the alarm when he woke up, a police report said.

Officers searched the store and no one else was found.

Photo courtesy of Vernon Police Department