A Missouri household obtained a little bit of a impolite awakening final week after they found that there was a principally bare girl sitting of their kitchen, scarfing down their Fruity Pebbles whereas petting their canine.
Expensive Joann Smith from Houston, Missouri, was arrested on Tuesday, March 3, in Springfield, in line with court docket paperwork offered to Us Weekly.
Police have been known as that morning by a girl who stated she was exterior doing yardwork when her son walked again from their kitchen after seeing Smith, who’s 23.
She advised 911 operators that the boy defined to her that “there was a wierd woman within the kitchen consuming cereal.”
And certainly, there was Smith, with none pants, footwear or socks and with a jacket wrapped round her waist, munching on some Fruity Pebbles.
The court docket paperwork contend that the son advised police he might odor one thing burning in the home, so he went to the kitchen to test issues out. There, he noticed a gleeful Smith petting one of many household’s canine whereas messing round with the oven.
The girl who known as 911 allegedly went to confront Smith and demanded that the unusual girl clear up the milk and cereal she had spilled everywhere in the kitchen flooring.
However Smith didn’t oblige. Officers arrived to seek out Smith nonetheless within the kitchen. By all appearances, she was underneath the affect of a managed substance, police alleged.
In accordance with the court docket docs, Smith took a number of minutes attempting to inform the police her identify. She additionally allegedly made statements utilizing made-up phrases and was stated to be smiling and laughing as she interacted with the cops.
The next day, police stated that they spoke to Smith whereas she was nonetheless in jail — and sober.
“Smith said she was out strolling round and noticed the home that she believed was a ‘truthful,’” it reads within the court docket paperwork. “Smith said she went as much as the entrance door and knocked on the door and rang the doorbell. Smith said she heard one thing inside and walked contained in the residence. Smith said as soon as she was hungry, she wished cereal.”
Smith stated she didn’t flip the range on, claiming that it was on when she first walked in.
She additionally allegedly copped to smoking some marijuana prior to creating her approach into the house.
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Smith was charged with first-degree housebreaking, to which she has entered a not responsible plea.
Investigators say she advised police she didn’t wish to keep in jail as a result of she had an upcoming court docket date in one other county.
Information present she was arrested on November 29, 2025, for tampering with a motorized vehicle and driving with a suspended or revoked license. She was additionally arrested in late 2024, however it was unclear from the data what she was charged with at the moment.
It was unclear on Monday, March 9, if she had employed an lawyer to signify her in court docket.
Us known as a pair of numbers related to Smith however was unable to achieve anybody who is aware of her for remark.