Sleepy man with cologne and pickled sausages in pockets arrested

When Bowling Green police caught up to an alleged sleeping bandit on Saturday, in addition to drugs, they found a treasure trove of goodies in the man’s pockets - including several disposable razors, a bottle of Drakkar Noir cologne, a bottle of Adidas cologne, skin cleanser and two pickled sausages. Barking dogs alerted a man who lives in the 1200 block of Kenton Street early that evening to a man who had broken into his home and climbed into bed with the resident’s mother, according to Bowling Green Police Department records.

The home’s occupant, whose name was redacted from police records, called police when he found an unknown, “extremely drunk” man in bed with his mother. The sleeping bandit was wearing blue jeans, a grey shirt and a brown hat. He was bloodied and left blood on the back door and on the woman’s bed sheets. The resident and his mother escorted the man out of their home while he was claiming several times that he was inside “Woody’s house.” The resident called police. Officers were unable to find the man until about two hours later, when he struck again about a block down the road.



A man who lives further down Kenton Street came home and found a man asleep on his couch. The resident exited his home and called police. BGPD officers responded to the home where they found Benjamin Williams, 37, of Marion, asleep on a couch inside the home. Williams matched the description of the man seen at the other Kenton Street home. Williams was wearing muddy pants that were wet in the front where he appeared to have urinated on himself. He also had black smears on his face and hands. Police determined that Williams had eaten the ashes out of a hooka pipe inside the residence.

Police photographed Williams while he slept. The resident showed police where a window screen had been broken. It also appeared that once Williams came inside the home, he helped himself to several cupcakes - valued at $3 - and ransacked the man’s refrigerator. Williams was confused and told police that a friend had dropped him off. When police searched Williams, they said they found two hydrocodone pills in his front right pocket and a ceramic pipe with marijuana residue in it in his left pocket. His pockets also contained cologne and sausages. Williams is lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail with a $5,000 cash bond, according to court records. He is charged with second-degree burglary, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia-buy/possess and possession of a controlled substance.