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.

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.

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

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

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