Dinning For One

A 42-year-old man from New Haven, Connecticut is accused of breaking into a restaurant closed by the virus and spending four days eating and drinking his fill...

Louis Ortiz got into the restaurant through a window on Saturday and a manager found him sleeping inside on the morning of Tuesday, April 14th.

Ortiz consumed several consumed several thousand dollars worth of food and drinks, including 70 bottles of liquor. The man was arrested on April 14 for breaking into a restaurant that was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ortiz helped himself over the course of four days to the restaurant's food, liquor, and beer," New Haven police said in an Instagram post. "In addition to eating and drinking at the restaurant, Ortiz removed beverages and property from the building."

Ortiz was arrested and charged with burglary, larceny, criminal mischief. Ortiz was held overnight by New Haven police on $12,500 bail.