Homeless Man Caught Sleeping In Familyâs Basement, Admits to Cops Heâd Been There For 10 Years
AÂ  family was in shock to find a homeless man sleeping in the basement of their Laredo, Texas home late Tuesday night.Â The man, who has been identified by police as Carl Noon, is being charged with breaking and entering along with other minor offenses.Homeowner Tim HenryÂ says that he and his family have lived in the house for about 14 years.Â âI tell you, finding that man sleeping in his basement was enough to scareÂ the hell out of me,Â but whenÂ I found out later that he told police that heâd been living down there for over 10 years, I nearly passed out.ââWell, I mean,Â I did hear noises downstairs a lot, but I always thought it was the dryer or heater kicking on,â said Timâs wife, Julie. âTim said that it was nothing. He put some mouse traps down there, but really it wasnât ever that concerning. This is just too much to believe.âPolice are continuing to question NoonÂ to see if he had actually been staying there for as long as he says he had. So far, they say there is no evidence to dispute in him making this claim.âHe has no reason to lie about it,â said officer Joe Goldsmith of the Laredo Police Department. âIâve heard of this kind of thing before. They call it âfrogging,â I believe, which is a more insane version of âsquatting,â where you move into an abandoned or empty home. âFroggingâ is where people will sneak into your house and live, secretly, with you and your family.âNoon told officers he thought the house was empty, originally, as at the time the Henry family had been on vacation. When they returned, he says he planned on leaving,Â but when no one noticed he was there, he just stayed. After only a short time, he become aware of the familyâs schedule, and would shower an eat while they were at work and school.âI always thought that someone had been eating my cookies and milk,â said Tim Henry. âI punished the kids so many times, thinking they were lying about it. Guess I owe them an apology!âIf convicted, Noon faces 6 months to 1 year in jail.