TRENTON -- A man working in a Chambersburg restaurant made a citizens arrest Friday by locking a burglary suspect in a walk-in freezer, police said.

The man, an employee doing remodeling work inside the Sabor Latino on Ashmore Avenue, spotted a suspicious person sneaking into the back of the bar while watching the security system this past Friday at 5:15 p.m.

The employee watched as the intruder walked into the freezer, then hurried to it and shut the door, police said.

The employee called police and reported the burglary in progress. Three officers arrived and when they swung open the freezer door, the man was sitting on a milk carton shaking his head, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Varn said.

Officers handcuffed Tyrone Raymond, 30, of Hamilton, and charged him with burglary and theft. Officers found evidence that he was going through food items in the freezer before the door closed on him, Varn said.

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