Pair nabbed sleeping on goods from break-in

MONROE, Wash. – Police in Monroe say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested in a department store break-in.

Twenty-five-year-old Kyle Burress and 27-year-old Allen Pierce have been charged with second-degree burglary.

Both remained in jail Monday with bail set at $10,000.

Police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said a break-in was discovered July 9 at a Fred Meyer outlet on U.S. 2.

A surveillance videocamera showed two people going from one storage container to another, and police followed a trail of cardboard and items from the containers to Burress and Pierce – one sleeping in a stolen hammock and the other on a pile of stolen pillows.

Police took some photographs before waking and arresting the pair.

Willis said they apparently had been drinking.

“I’d say a lot of alcohol was involved,” she said.