Homeowners Find Pantless Stranger Sleeping In Doorway

Poolesville homeowners say they were stirred from their sleep by a stranger lying inside their front doorway with his shoes off and pants around his ankles.

At around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, Montgomery County police were dispatched to reports of a burglary in the 20000 block of Haller Avenue, according to records obtained from Montgomery County District Court.

The homeowners told police that they were asleep upstairs when they heard a noise from the first floor. One of the homeowners claimed he saw a man lying motionless in the doorway. The other homeowner called police, the court records state.

The homeowner, according to court records, reportedly “poked” the man a few times “to see what he was doing,” but when he didn’t get a response, the homeowner went back upstairs and waited for police.

Police claimed that when officers arrived about 10 minutes later, they found the man sleeping on his left side with his shoes off, “pants around his ankles and feet against the front door of the residence,” court records state.

Police also alleged the man “had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person.”

He was charged with fourth degree burglary, attempted burglary and several alcohol-related offenses.

Police said the front door to the home was unlocked.