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Arkansas Family Finds Stranger Living in Basement

Police say the 41-year-old moved from a crawl space to a basement closet over several days before his arrest.

Overview

  • The Hoggatt family discovered the intruder last Wednesday after noticing moved chairs and missing food.
  • Relatives searching the Searcy, Arkansas home found him hiding in a storage closet under the basement stairs.
  • Deputies with the White County Sheriff's Office arrested 41-year-old Preston Landis and charged him with residential burglary and theft of property.
  • Authorities say he first stayed in the crawl space on April 27, then set up a makeshift bed in the basement on April 28.
  • Bond was set at $15,000, and the family reported nothing was stolen and voiced sympathy after hearing he was homeless.