Accused burglar falls asleep

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

HOBBY

A would-be car thief failed to make a clean getaway over the weekend as she was found slumbering on the floor of the home she had just burglarized.

The defendant, Angela Diane Hobby, 41, is charged with theft and burglary of a habitation. She will face preliminary hearing later this month.

According to Sheriff Jackie Matheny, the crime basically solved itself as, much like the story of Goldie Locks, the culprit “was still there” when the homeowner, John Bouldin, returned home.

Lawmen suspect Hobby let herself in through an unlocked door while Bouldin was away from his Great Falls Road home Friday. Once inside, the woman took keys to a 1994 Lincoln Town Car she found lying on the microwave. However, even with the keys to the get-away vehicle in hand, she was unable to make a clean escape.

“Mr. Bouldin came in to find her passed out on the living room floor,” Matheny said of the surprise homecoming encounter. “She was fairly unresponsive and seemed to be highly intoxicated. The keys to his car were still clutched in her hand.”

Lawmen are still puzzled as to why the woman decided to enter the residence given her intoxicated condition and why she targeted only the keys to the Lincoln as nothing else appeared to have been taken.