▁with ▁three ▁plain cl oth es ▁officers ▁( S gt . ▁Paul ▁W . ▁Lee per , ▁Officer ▁John ▁B . ▁Bar rett , ▁and ▁Officer ▁Carl ▁M . ▁Sho ff ler ) ▁working ▁the ▁over night ▁" bum ▁squad " — d ress ed ▁as ▁hi pp ies ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁look out ▁for ▁drug ▁de als ▁and ▁other ▁street ▁cr imes . ▁The ▁burg l ars ' ▁sent ry ▁across ▁the ▁street , ▁Alfred ▁Bald win , ▁was ▁dist ract ed ▁watching ▁TV ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁observe ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁police ▁car ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁hotel . ▁Ne ither ▁did ▁he ▁see ▁the ▁plain cl oth es ▁officers ▁investig ating ▁the ▁D NC ' s ▁sixth ▁floor ▁suite ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁offices . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁Bald win ▁finally ▁noticed ▁unusual ▁activity ▁on ▁the ▁sixth ▁floor ▁and ▁radio ed ▁the ▁burg l ars , ▁it ▁was ▁already ▁too ▁late . ▁The ▁police ▁app reh ended ▁five ▁men , ▁later ▁identified ▁as ▁Vir g ilio ▁Gonz ale z , ▁Bernard ▁B ark er , ▁James ▁McC ord , ▁Eugen io ▁Martínez , ▁and ▁Frank ▁St urg is . ▁They ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁attempted ▁burg l ary ▁and ▁attempted ▁inter ception ▁of ▁tele phone ▁and ▁other ▁communic ations . ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁reported ▁that ▁" pol ice ▁found ▁lock - p icks ▁and ▁door ▁j imm ies , ▁almost ▁$ 2 , 3 0 0 ▁in ▁c ash , ▁most ▁of ▁it ▁in ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁b ills ▁with