The 911 call comes in at 1:48 p.m. A woman tells the dispatcher someone is in her bathroom.

[Demovictory9]

The 911 call comes in at 1:48 p.m. A woman tells the dispatcher someone is in her bathroom. The bathroom door is locked, but she can see shadows moving beneath the door.

Several deputies of the Washington County (Ore.) Sheriff's Office arrive at the scene within a minute and surround the house. They request that a police canine be brought to assist them.

Inside the house, deputies approach the bathroom. They can hear sounds coming from behind the door. Deputy Rogers (we assume it's Deputy Brian Rogers) would later describe the sound as "rustling."

The deputies make several announcements and command the suspect to come out of the room. The suspect ignores them. The rustling becomes more frequent.

Left with no other choice, deputies draw their guns and break down the door. Inside they encounter the culprit — a Roomba Robotic Vacuum Cleaner enthusiastically hoovering around in circles.

In his incident report, Deputy Rogers commented that the Roomba's vacuuming job was "very thorough."https://www.sfgate.com/weird/article/roomba-arrest-washington-county-oregon-break-in-13754344.php

[dewsgirl]

1. Thank you so much for posting. I literally laughed out loud.

[Demovictory9]

3. My robotic vacuum thing moves into the bedroom. after awhile I forget about it, then hear the sound

first thought is "What! Who?!".

[Historic NY]

2. Robotic devices are going to be the death of us....

yesterday it was the masturbatory robotic device.

[JuJuYoshida]

4. how did the door get locked with the roomba inside?

wouldn't the owner have to do that?

[Honeycombe8]

6. Good question. nt

[TomSlick]

7. Don't underestimate the Roomba.

Roomba's are part of the great robotic conspiracy to subjugate humanity.

[at140]

9. Roomba's are known to possess magical powers?

[demosincebirth]

32. Probably had a key

[Honeycombe8]

5. LOL! Too funny! nt

[rzemanfl]

8. I am amazed they felt the need to break down the door.

They all can be opened from the outside. I suppose they were worried about being shot through the door.

[at140]

10. You smell a rat?

like you said, bathroom doors can be opened with a small flat head screw driver from outside.
And the door can only be locked from inside, and Roomba is not tall enough to do that.

[kag]

13. When I was a kid we used to use a toothpick. It was easy. n/t

[rzemanfl]

16. As long as the toothpick didn't break off. I always used a metal skewer to spring

my much younger sister and later my kids when they locked themselves in.

[magicarpet]

25. Somebody may have installed the wrong door knob...

... on that bathroom door. Most people have the quick bypass passage lock type installed for quick entry if someone is in distress or incapacitated while in the bathroom.

[rzemanfl]

28. Or if they have little ones around. n/t

[magicarpet]

30. Oh yes,.. my sister and I both got stuck when little kids and had to be talked and coaxed to ...

.... properly operate the lock to escape from hysterical confinement there.

[rzemanfl]

17. Dunno. n/t

[unblock]

11. In addition to police dogs, they're gonna need kid squads

Mini-unblock probably could have identified the exact model from the sound lol

[irisblue]

12. Explains why the dog was not the first one in though

All of mine were unhappy when the suck monster came out.

🐕

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. SHM It is so hard to believe this story is factual. nt

[at140]

18. This is one of those ubiquitous Roomba jokes...nt

[Demovictory9]

20. From Sheriff's facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/WCSOOregon/photos/a.56915846935/10156668897616936/?type=3&theater%20%20

Washington County Sheriff's Office
7 hrs ·
BURGLARY SUSPECT CAPTURED

1:48pm: Reporting party calls 911 and says someone is in her bathroom. Tells dispatch the person has the bathroom door locked. The caller can see shadows under the bathroom door.

1:49pm: Multiple deputies respond to the house.

1:55pm: Deputies surround the house and request a canine to assist them. Deputies can hear noise coming from the bathroom

2:05pm: After several announcements, the suspect does not come out when commanded. With guns drawn, deputies open the door to encounter the suspect… An automated robot vacuum.

2:13pm: Deputy Rogers clears the call with the following note, “As we entered the home we could hear "rustling" in the bathroom. We made several announcements and the "rustling" became more frequent. We breached the bathroom door and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba Robotic Vacuum cleaner.”

[at140]

24. ahaaaa..this version does NOT say "breakdown" door

as was posted in original post. Now it is simply "open" the door.

[rzemanfl]

29. Dictionary definition of "breach"-

"make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defense)."

[at140]

37. There is a huge difference between BREAK the door and

open it with a key or other gadget without causing damage.
Who cares what the dictionary says, it can never trump common sense.

[rzemanfl]

38. If they'd opened the door, why would they say "breached?" n/t

[at140]

39. The OP said "break down the door"

Not "breach" the door.

[rzemanfl]

40. So did the source article. n/t

[Demovictory9]

19. from Sheriff's facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/WCSOOregon/photos/a.56915846935/10156668897616936/?type=3&theater%20%20

Washington County Sheriff's Office
7 hrs ·
BURGLARY SUSPECT CAPTURED

1:48pm: Reporting party calls 911 and says someone is in her bathroom. Tells dispatch the person has the bathroom door locked. The caller can see shadows under the bathroom door.

1:49pm: Multiple deputies respond to the house.

1:55pm: Deputies surround the house and request a canine to assist them. Deputies can hear noise coming from the bathroom

2:05pm: After several announcements, the suspect does not come out when commanded. With guns drawn, deputies open the door to encounter the suspect… An automated robot vacuum.

2:13pm: Deputy Rogers clears the call with the following note, “As we entered the home we could hear "rustling" in the bathroom. We made several announcements and the "rustling" became more frequent. We breached the bathroom door and encountered a very thorough vacuuming job being done by a Roomba Robotic Vacuum cleaner.”

[C Moon]

15. Well that sucks.

[KayF]

41. she got cleaned out n/t

[C Moon]

42. :D

[Doreen]

21. Can you imagine the embarrassment of that woman?

[Maraya1969]

22. She just said it was locked. They probably didn't check once they heard the rustling.

I was suspicious but I choose to believe! Mostly because I can see that kind of thing happening in my life.

[irisblue]

23. You ain't getting me Cop!

Still a witch... 👍🍴🍅🍋🍉🍑🍒🍓 (@Montisello) Tweeted:
A real picture of @theJSarge . https://t.co/nY6CxTVsMK

Link to tweet

I found this pn twitter & have been waiting to use it.

[elleng]

26. PROGRESS!!!

[tymorial]

27. Jesus christ.

This country

[NoMoreRepugs]

31. That Roomba was lucky to have escaped unscathed.

[Bayard]

33. Big Snorfs!

Roomba doing the rumba.

[niyad]

34. oh goodness, I needed that after this morning.

[Stuart G]

35. Well............I had better go out and buy one...Never heard of this before....

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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

36. This must have been one of the older white roomba models

If was young and black they would have shot it.