A convicted burglar was hoping to grab a quick bite, but it turns out the bite grabbed him.
Benjamin Thomas, 41, allegedly broke into the Ada S. McKinley-Highland School on the South Side at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Sneaking through the building, Thomas allegedly grabbed a laptop computer, a computer hard drive, a Christmas tree stand and a bag of ornaments.
Thomas must then have gotten a case of the midnight munchies because he also reportedly swiped a bag of frozen hot dogs and a box of frozen White Castle hamburgers.
The burglar never got to enjoy his loot though.
A K-9 police unit responded to the school's tripped alarm and caught Thomas walking around on the second floor.
According to police reports, Thomas resisted arrest, so the cops pepper-sprayed him and a police dog bit him on his left foot.
Thomas, who has several convictions for burglary and one rape conviction on record, was treated at South Shore Hospital and held on $225,000 bail.
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Matt Bartosik is a Chicago native and a social media sovereign.
