Crime & Safety

It Wasn’t Goldilocks Ferndale Man Found Sleeping on His Couch

Ferndale man and his house guest didn't know intruder and couldn't wake him, so they called police, who "found him to be drunk."

A Ferndale resident awoke to an odd find about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning: Clothes that weren’t his strewn across the floor of the bathroom of his apartment on Leland.

He investigated and found a stranger, who authorities identified as Anthony Lee Jagger, 34, of Ferndale sleeping on his living room couch, Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson said in a news release.

The resident didn’t know Jagger, nor did a guest sleeping in another bedroom. They couldn’t wake the man, so they called police.

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“Officers arrived and woke Jagger, and found him to be drunk,” Wilson said.

Jagger was arrested and charged with trespassing.

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