Early Friday morning East Ridge police arrested a 24-year-old man on burglary, theft and vandalism charges after finding him sleeping in a vehicle with a purse in his lap.
While patrolling McBrien Road police found Brandon B. Clayborn “slumped over the wheel of a Ford Explorer” in the Walgreens parking lot at 5301 Ringgold Road, according to a police release.
Officers saw a woman’s purse in Mr. Clayborn’s lap and questioned him about it.
He claimed it was his grandmother’s.
Police determined the purse was stolen and also found a satellite radio and iPod, both reported stolen from vehicles on South Moore Road, and a small amount of marijuana and prescription pills.