Authorities say a St. Louis man broke into a Kinloch firehouse for five hours Monday, ate a tub of ice cream, took a shower and stalked the building with a butcher knife and a fireman's tool before he was discovered.
Thomas Robertson, 28, of the 400 block of Thomas Street in St. Louis, was charged Tuesday with felony second-degree burglary.
Police say he broke into the Kinloch Fire Protection District house, at 5684 Martin Luther King Boulevard, through a window Monday night. When he was questioned, Robertson told police he forced his way into the building to find his sister, who he said he believed had been buried in the basement.