Police: Arrest made after man found sleeping inside SODO museum

SEATTLE — Officers with the Seattle Police Department arrested a man on Thursday morning after he was found sleeping on the first floor of a museum in the SODO neighborhood.

Police said witnesses found the man sleeping inside Living Computers: Museum + Labs, which was closed at the time -- just before 9 a.m. -- and called police.

The Living Computers: Museum + Labs museum is located in the 2200 block of First Avenue. Click here for more information.

Additional officers searched the rest of the building, but did not locate any additional people, police said.

Responding officers "found a 39-year-old man lying on the ground. Police were able to take the man into custody without further incident," Seattle police said in a blotter post.

The 39-year-old man was booked into King County Jail on criminal trespass charges.

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