Man found sleeping in stranger?s car is jailed

A man who fell asleep in a stranger?s car will serve 48 hours in jail for leaving behind a bad odor.

The defendant, Jackie Hood of Morrison, was found guilty following a trial before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross Tuesday on the charge of vandalism, a trial in which he represented himself. He was sentenced to serve 48 hours after the judge found there was adequate evidence to prove he was the man who Michael Draht found snoozing in his car as he prepared to leave work.

?Prove it,? yelled Hood during his hearing, something prosecutors did successfully as they described the circumstances behind the unusual crime.

According to Draht, he arrived at his car around 7 p.m. outside his place of business. Upon opening his door, he found Hood passed out inside his car. Draht pointed out he does not know Hood and at first suspected the stranger may have stolen something from his car.

After rousting the sleeping stranger, Draht took inventory inside his vehicle and still believes Hood may have taken change from his console, something which was not named in the charges.

However, as he continued his search of the car, Draht said he noticed a strange odor and detected a thin film covering the interior of his vehicle. A few more whiffs of the scent and Draht realized the strong smell was that of WD-40. A check revealed the bottle of WD-40 Draht kept under his seat had been removed and sprayed on the inside of his car apparently by the intruder.

As to why Hood chose his car to sleep in and why he would spray WD-40 inside the vehicle remains a mystery.