Sucks To Break Into a House and Then Get Caught Because You Ate All The Tater Tots and Fell Asleep On The Couch

SF - A Placerville man was arrested in Petaluma Thursday afternoon after he broke into a house, had himself a snack of tater tots and set down on a sofa to take a nap, only to be discovered by the startled resident, police said. Around 2 p.m., the homeowner was minding her own business in an upstairs bedroom on the 1600 block of Caulfield Lane. For one reason or another, she decided to venture to the first floor, where she found a man — later identified as 44-year-old James Adams — peacefully snoozing on the sofa. Seeing as how the man was a stranger, the woman retreated in fright back to her bedroom, where she locked the door and called police.  Investigators surmised that he entered the house to burgle, but got sidetracked. His snack of choice: frozen tater tots, according to police. Officials said Adams has a lengthy criminal history including arrests in California and Oregon for being under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of weapons, battery on peace officer, felony DUI, drug possession and resisting arrest.

 

This story right here is the downside of drinking or doing drugs. It’s such a Catch-22. You can only break into a house and steal all their shit when you’re drunk and/or high, but you will be easily distracted by tater tots, a good movie on TNT, or maybe a trampoline out back. It’s such a mine field when it comes to breaking and entering. So hard to stay focused on the task at hand. You keep telling yourself “ok, just grab the goods, in and out real quick” and next thing you know you’re heating up a plate of tots and having a great nap on the couch. And when it comes down to it, tater tots are so fucking delicious that you can’t blame the guy. What are you going to do, not eat free tater tots when provided the opportunity? I would have done the same thing. Jail is temporary, but delicious tots are forever.