Man breaks into restaurant, drinks liquor for 4 days before getting caught, CT cops say
A man in Connecticut faces a number of charges after police say he broke into a closed restaurant and feasted on food and alcohol for several days.
Police responded to a New Haven restaurant after a report of burglary-in-progress around 11:30 Tuesday morning, WVIT reported. The caller had found a man asleep in a closet, police said.
Officers arrived to find Louis Ortiz, 42, on a nearby street with a bottle of rum from the restaurant, according to the outlet.
Security footage showed that a man had entered through a side window several days before and that he’d been eating the restaurant’s food and drinking its liquor and beer for four days, WFSB reported.
Officials say the man had also taken other drinks out of the restaurant, according to the outlet.
The store had been closed for several days before the break-in, and the manager discovered the man during a routine building check, WFSB reported.
The restaurant estimated at least 70 bottles of liquor had been drunk or stolen and that the loss of food and beverages amounted to thousands of dollars, according to The Patch.
Ortiz is charged with several offenses including larceny, burglary and criminal mischief, the outlet reported. His bond was set at $12,500 with arraignment scheduled for Wednesday morning.
