Pair Guzzle Stranger's Liquor, Trash Apartment: Cops

Two Joliet men broke into a stranger's apartment Saturday night, trashed the place and cut a swath through the tenant's liquor cabinet, Joliet police said.

Anthony B. Pleasant, 25, and Lorenzo Puga, 26, were nabbed shortly after midnight Sunday when neighbors complained about the noise they were making and police answering the call spotted them trying to climb out a window of Apt. 208 in the 329 N. Center St. building, Cmdr. Al Roechner said.

The pair had been kicked out of the apartment building earlier in the evening because they did not live there, but they returned later to kick in one of the apartment doors and make themselves at home, Roechner said.

The apartment owner was not known to either man, and it's not clear why they broke in or demolishd his/her possessions other than they wanted to "party," he said. Other than consuming the victim's alcohol, nothing was stolen, he said.

Pleasant, of 1405 Brown St., and Puga, of 611 E. Cass St., were charged with residential burglary and knowingly damaging property.

Both are being held in the Will County jail. Pleasant's bond was set at $3,000; Puga's bond was not available Monday night.

Jail records show both have also been arrested several times in the past. Pleasant's arrest list, according to jail records, includes previous charges of possession of a controlled substance, retail theft, knowingly damaging property and domestic battery. Puga has been charged with burglary, theft and knowingly damaging property, jail records show.