Police say a man who thought he was breaking into a Vermont school actually got into the local police station.

WFFF-TV reports the man, identified as 59-year-old John Dettor of Washington, DC, told police he wanted a warm place to stay.

Police say late last week Dettor used a traffic cone to break the glass to get into the police station in Shelburne, thinking it was a school.

He was arrested on suspicion of unlawful mischief.

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