Man caught on video pouring sugar on himself at closed restaurant

Surveillance video caught a man sneak into the popular restaurant Mother in midtown Sacramento when it was closed Saturday afternoon and pour powdered sugar on himself in the empty kitchen.

Ryan Donahue, a partner in both Mother and Empress restaurants in Sacramento, said he was walking by Mother around 1 p.m. Saturday when he saw the man, followed him out and then called the Downtown Partnership property improvement organization, which he presumes called police.

Donahue said the man went into six or seven businesses in a span of 10 minutes. He appeared to have got into Mother when an employee left the door partially open, Donahue said.

The surveillance video shows the man hide behind a counter until an employee leaves the kitchen area, then grab a beer and some other items and sprinkle himself with powdered sugar.

"He was on another plane," Donahue said. "He didn't think he was doing anything wrong. It was the closest thing I've seen to Daffy Duck and the Tasmanian Devil. ... It was unique even for K Street. ... It wasn't malicious. It was just weird."

Donahue said the police arrested the man for burglary and trespassing. Sacramento police haven’t yet confirmed the arrest.

This story was originally published June 26, 2016 at 11:02 PM with the headline "Man caught on video pouring sugar on himself at closed restaurant."