Getting drunk brought out both criminality and stupidity in one Tucson man.
From the Arizona Daily Star, April 29, 1957
Suspect Falls Asleep 'On Job'
An attempt at burglarizing Hefer's Market, 1234 E. Prince Road, bogged down late Saturday when the 29-year-old suspect passed out on the roof from intoxication, sheriff's deputies reported.
Sheriff's deputies told this story of the comedy of errors:
Shortly after midnight, Mrs. Margaret Jefson, who occupies an apartment in the rear of the building, heard glass break in the adjacent store. She called the owner's wife, Mrs., Harold Hefer, who reported the incident to the sheriff's office.
After Mrs. Jefson called the owner she heard someone walk around to the rear of the building and saw a man standing at the back door to the store.
The subject climbed to the roof when he couldn't open the door. Mrs. Jefson turned her lights out and called the sheriff's office when she saw a man's face looking through the window at her upside down from the roof.
Deputies arrived a few minutes later and found the suspect passed out on the roof. A butcher's apron, all that was taken from the store, was found to his right.
(This is a condensed version of the original story.)
