AUBURN, Calif. – Police allege two bumbling burglars who broke into an Auburn high school were arrested Monday after they cooked frozen meals at the school, then fell asleep.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office contends Kevin Lydell Thomas, a 27-year-old from Fresno, and Sacramento-area transient Travis Leroy Alexander III, 25, broke a window to gain entry at Chana High School, where they loaded school electronics into two school-owned vehicles, the Sacramento Bee reports.

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The men allegedly parked the vehicles near a classroom, where they prepared frozen meals they found at the school and ate them before falling asleep. A school employee called the sheriff around 7 a.m. Monday when the break-in was discovered, and officers found one of the men still asleep in the classroom and another in a bathroom, according to KCRA.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office news release posted to Facebook mocked the men, opining that “the meals must have made them sleepy.”

“One suspect was wearing the Chana High School sweatshirt that had been stolen from the principal’s office,” the statement read. “They were charged with felony burglary and felony vehicle theft.”

Apparently, Thomas wasn’t content with only two charges.

“Once Thomas was placed in the back of a patrol car, he kicked the window and door, causing the door frame to bend,” according to the sheriff’s statement. “He was additionally charged with felony vandalism.”

Alexander was booked and released from Placer County Jail, while Thomas remained behind bars on a $25,000 bail Wednesday.

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Several folks who commented about the alleged burglars online were outraged that Alexander was released so quickly after his arrest.

“Released? Are you kidding? Felony burglary and he’s out?” Elaine Barnes posted to Facebook. “WTF is wrong?”

“We have in our jails more and more prisoners that would have gone to state prison a few years ago. With the California counties forced to bear the burden of more and more ‘state’ prisoners, we have less and less room for less serious offenders,” the sheriff’s office replied. “Our jail classification team reviews the inmates current charges and criminal histories (among other considerations) and determines what inmates are the least risk to public safety.

“Our daily population is set in stone by federal mandate and we cannot wait to release inmates until someone’s sentence is up or we find a more palatable choice.”

“I’m familiar with Alexander, no worries, he’ll be back and they won’t be able to let him go. Unfortunately, for someone,” Leann Shinn wrote. “But, we can’t blame our law enforcement officers for this crap. It’s the politics and red tape! I know it’s just as frustrating for them as us!”

“If you want things to change please think of voting for candidates that support protecting our way of life. That put safety of the public above social and liberal issues,” Jim Hudson added. “California has become a lawless state. Not that we don’t have laws but that they are unenforceable and that punishment no longer occurs. Want change vote for it!”