Police say a would-be burglar got sidetracked by a snack and a comfy place to snooze. After heating up some tater tots, the intruder apparently got drowsy and decided to take a nap on the sofa of the house he broke into.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a homeowner in Petaluma went downstairs to find the intruder asleep on her sofa.

The woman rushed back to her bedroom, called police and then ran out the front door. In the process she woke up the man, who fled out the back.

Officers parked on the next street spotted him and tried to handcuff him. They used a stun gun on him twice when he resisted. Police claim he wasn’t injured in the scuffle.

The “Tater Tot Intruder” is being held on $30,000 bail and has a criminal history including arrests for drug and weapons possession.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, www.sfgate.com