Thief can't resist lure of whiskey, passes out
Associated Press
June 21, 2002 11:00:00

SANTA FE, Texas - A bottle of whiskey apparently spared a home from being burglarized.

Authorities in Santa Fesay a man broke into a home with the intention of burglarizing it but got sidetracked by a bottle of Crown Royal Canadian whiskey.

The Texas City Sun says police found Grady Wayne Dennis sitting in a living room chair drunk. Dennis already was on parole and is now in jail.

Santa Fe is about 40 miles south of Houston.