BURLINGTON, Vt. - A Milton man who crashed a car at high speed and then wandered into a house and kissed a sleeping couple is facing a variety of charges. Thomas Popke, 26, is hospitalized at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington. He's facing charges including unlawful trespass, operating without owner's consent and careless and negligent operation. He had not been drinking, police said. Popke is due in court Jan. 24. The incident began with a car crash at about 3 a.m. Thursday. Popke was driving on North Road in Hinesburg at more than 100 mph, said Vermont State Police Trooper Brian Penders. Popke lost control and crashed. The vehicle flipped at least twice. Popke banged his head, received a large gash, lost a tooth and cut his hand, Penders said. Then Popke walked a mile to the home of Sandra and Reginald Robinson. The couple awoke when Popke greeted them as they slept, Sandra Robinson, 66, said. "He kissed me on the cheek and said, 'Hi, Mom,'" she said later Thursday. "Then he went around to the other side of the bed and kissed my husband and said, 'Hi, Dad.'" The Robinsons realized the man was neither of their sons, but they recognized him because his parents live nearby and because Sandra Robinson worked at Champlain Valley Union High School when Popke was a student there, she said. Popke told the couple he'd been in an accident, and he apologized for bleeding in the house, Sandra Robinson said. Popke took a set of keys off the counter and left. Police said Popke drove the stolen car to Underhill, where he tried to enter a second home but left after the owner saw him. Popke next went to Cambridge, where he entered a home on Pratt Road, Penders said. Again, the owner saw Popke, who left, the trooper said. He was arrested after locking himself out of the stolen car. Police are unsure what prompted Popke's behavior. He hadn't been drinking; he did tell officers he had used a small amount of marijuana, Penders said. The trooper said Popke's head injury might have caused him to act strangely. Popke didn't know what day it was and when he was born, Penders said.

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