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2 intruders found sleeping in funeral home caskets

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[August 24, 2011]  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee were called to a funeral home where workers found two intruders sleeping inside caskets.

InsuranceThe employees at Weaver's Funeral Home in Bristol called police around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday after finding two men asleep in caskets. The men fled through a window after police were alerted, the Bristol Herald Courier reports (http://bit.ly/pllnJx).

One man escaped, but police caught and arrested Barrett Lance Hartsock, who was charged with burglary and vandalism over $1,000.

Police said there was more than $9,000 in damage done to the caskets the two men were sleeping in.

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Information from: Bristol Herald Courier, http://www.bristolnews.com/

[Associated Press]

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