Note to burglars - don't fall asleep outside the place you just robbed with your vehicle full of loot.
A pair of 17-year-olds in the Central California community of Winton were arrested and released to the custody of their parents on Friday after passing out in a haze of marijuana smoke outside a construction site, their SUV packed with copper wire and other items from the property, police say.
The youths also had a loaded gun, which investigators determined had been stolen in March of this year, said Jason Goins, Undersheriff for the Merced County Sheriff's Department.
They were spotted in their car by a sheriff's deputy shortly after midnight on Friday.
"There was a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle," Goins said.
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"They were passed out and he had to wake them up."
The youths, whom Goins said were gang members, were arrested on suspicion of participating in a criminal street gang, possessing stolen property and having a loaded firearm in the vehicle.
