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 Bedford woman finds man living inside her home 
 
 
 
 
 
 By: Lauren Hensley 
 
 BEDFORD, Pa.-- In Bedford on Juliana Street, a woman in her mid-80s goes for weeks before discovering a man is living inside of her home. 
 
 "They heard a noise upstairs and they found this man hiding in a closet he had been living there for several weeks,” Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins said. 
 
 The homeowner is not as mobile as she, used to be, so she mainly lives on the first floor of her two story-story home. The woman has a caretaker and was introduced to the caretaker’s boyfriend Mark Potts. 
 
 But when the woman's daughter paid a visit, they found Potts was living under her roof. 
 
 “When police searched the upstairs room, they found several suitcases, a duffel bag and other personal items belonging to Potts. He was taking up residence there. He didn't bring in new furniture but he was living there,” Higgins said. 
 
 Police said when they found Potts, he also had a small handgun on him. 
 
 “This guy put this woman in fear and he probably killed any future feelings of security and we are going to make sure he is held accountable for that,” Higgins said. 
 
 Potts is facing criminal trespassing charges. 
 
 The name of the caretaker has not been released just yet but according to Higgins, police are investigating and he expects charges to be filed against her as well. 
 
 Bedford woman finds man living inside her home ||||| Locking your door isn't always a safeguard against intrusion. Neither is a caretaker, apparently. 
 
 An elderly woman was in for a shock at her home in central Pennsylvania when she and her daughter discovered an unknown man camped out in an upstairs closet where he had secretly been living for several weeks. 
 
 The unidentified homeowner, in her 80s, was limited to the first floor due to difficulty moving, which allowed the man to remain undetected on the second floor until the mother and daughter heard a noise coming from upstairs, NBC News reports. 
 
 Police in Bedford County said that the man, Mark Potts, turned out to be the boyfriend of the woman's caretaker. He had moved several suitcases into the home and even had a small handgun in his possession, according to Bedford County District Attorney Bill Higgins. 
 
 Officials said that Potts faces criminal trespassing charges and the caretaker could face additional charges for aiding him.
– A woman in her 80s who lives alone in Pennsylvania wasn't actually living alone, it turns out. Police in Bedford say that a 49-year-old man had secretly moved in and was living on her second floor for several weeks, reports WJAC-TV and the Bedford County Free Press. His rent-free living came to an end when the woman's daughter paid a visit, and she and her mom heard a noise upstairs. A quick investigation turned up Mark Allen Potts hiding in a closet. “When police searched the upstairs room, they found several suitcases, a duffel bag, and other personal items belonging to Potts," says county DA Bill Higgins. "He was taking up residence there." Authorities say Potts, who faces charges of criminal trespassing, also had a handgun. The homeowner had once met him—he was the boyfriend of her caretaker. "Locking your door isn't always a safeguard against intrusion," observes a post at Philly Voice. "Neither is a caretaker, apparently." (Another alleged home intruder got caught after logging into Facebook.)