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LIBERTY -- A Salem man is facing charges after police were called to two houses throughout the week for suspicious activity.
Steven Seabolt, 26, appeared in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on two felony charges of breaking and entering Thursday morning.
According to a Monday police report, an officer was called to a Belmont Avenue residence and spoke with a maintenance worker, who said he was at the property to mow the lawn but believed someone was in the building.
The worker noted an empty box of beer cans and believed he heard dogs inside, adding that he went across the street to notify police.
The report states that a white male with a bicycle and two dogs left the building and fled the scene, and the worker added that the same man had been caught at the residence previously and warned not to return.
The officer spoke with the property's manager, who said the man is not a former tenant and had no permission or right to be at the property. The property manager also said she wished to have the incident documented, with criminal charges filed if the man is ever identified.
Two days later, officers were called to a Churchill Road residence for suspicious activity, with a woman expressing belief that an unknown person was in the building, which was also noted to be vacant, but she saw blinds moving and heard noises.
The report states the officer spoke with the woman's daughter and approached the building, noting it to be covered in excessive vegetation and overgrowth, but the chain-link fence was open and footprints were near the side man door on the residence's east side.
The report states officers approached the door and looked through the window to find a man, later identified as Seabolt, lying on a mattress in the middle of the room.
Seabolt was awoken by the officer's verbal commands and was compliant, according to the report, but they did not clear the house for other subjects immediately because of the dogs.
Seabolt explained to officers that he was homeless and that another homeless person had told him about the residence, adding that it was a place he could sleep away from the elements and that it had a mattress, the report states.
Seabolt's dogs were taken into custody by the Trumbull County Dog Warden.
Seabolt is still in jail on a $10,000 bond and is set to appear back in court Sept. 2, court records show.