Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 9, 1994                   TAG: 9408090094
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
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BURGLAR WHO FELL ASLEEP GETS 4 YEARS IN PRISON

Marcus S. Wilhelm had earlier been convicted of breaking into a downtown Roanoke business, where police found him lying on a table and snoring the night of March 9.

Authorities believe that Wilhelm, 20, fell asleep after breaking into Sam's on the Market, an army surplus store. He was found wearing new boots, coveralls and a Roanoke police jacket - all items sold at the store.

Wilhelm has said he was drinking heavily that night and remembers nothing about the incident.

At an earlier hearing, Officer C.O. Atkins of the Roanoke Police Department testified that when he responded to a late-night burglary call at Sam's, "I looked down on a table and saw what appeared to be a mannequin.

"... I walked closer to it, and it appeared the object was snoring."