Posted on 07/26/2017 1:18:40 PM PDT by simpson96
Usually, the floorboards creaking above you in the middle of the night are the house settling. Or perhaps a raccoon. But for a woman in Arlington, Va., it was the footsteps of a man living in her attic.
The woman, who was not publicly identified, heard noises coming from the attic of the house she rents on 22nd Street S, just outside Washington, the Arlington County Police Department said. She contacted her landlord, thinking it might be him she was hearing — “because sometimes he’s used the storage above,” she told NBC Washington — and the landlord called the police around 1:24 a.m. on Friday.
When the police arrived, they went to the back of the house, where a stairway leads up to the attic. As the officers climbed the stairs, they called out, identifying themselves and asking anyone present to come forward.
“The subject came forward,” said Ashley Savage, a police spokeswoman, and “was taken into custody without any incident.”
The police identified the man as Anthony Jones, 60. Mr. Jones, who is homeless, was being held without bail on a charge of unlawful entry, a misdemeanor.
Afterward, officers found Mr. Jones’s belongings — a backpack, clothes and bedding, according to NBC — in the attic. But Ms. Savage said the authorities did not know how long he had been living there, or any other details.
“When officers attempted to ask him questions, he did not comply or choose to respond,” she said.
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Hope the guy can’t end up claiming squatter’s rights.
i am surprised he did not get to stay there.
I’d set up my Rottweiler’s bed and food bowl in the attic.He doesn’t like to share his space.
Why didn’t he call himself Rodney Whitehead?
It’s a very good thing he didn’t make a loud noise and startle the police.
At least in jail he’ll get 3 squares a day.
Apparently, George Michael forgot to tell her he had Pop-Pop in the attic...
Kinda makes we wonder about his story???.
Like everything else printed in that snot rag.
Surprised she wasn’t shot.
He’s not homeless. He was living quite nicely in her house. Today, he living quite nicely in the jail.
Happened in Roseburg, OR, too.
These days I wonder if the NYT's food coupons are fake.
They are. They misspelled "Velveta." And they're offering $35 off on a 10-ounce can of Spam.
Was he her snowflake son?
I live not too far from there. And, yes, he’ll be back living in a park next week.
Had a lesson in this the other day when several cruisers showed up at my neighborhood park. I was walking the dogs and swung by to see what was going on. All I could make out was a bum lying on the ground with three cops around him with flashlights on him, one saying, “How many times have we picked you up the last month? 10, 12, 15?”
Catch and release, all to absolve liberal guilt, no concern for the cost of police enforcement and citizen safety. That’s “the Arlington way.”
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