A suspected squatter who allegedly moved right into a multimillion-dollar home in Bonita Springs, Florida, was arrested after authorities found her eating a sandwich and wearing the actual homeowner’s clothing.
Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Luisa Villa, 54, on Monday afternoon while the house’s owner was away, NBC 2 reported.
Authorities were called to the swanky beach home along Hickory Boulevard on Monday after a maintenance employee who was caring for the home saw a suitcase within the kitchen and heard a dog barking inside, NBC 2 reported.
Deputies surrounded the house before making their way inside, where they reportedly found Villa eating a sandwich.
The suspect was wearing certainly one of the homeowner’s Athleta dresses, in response to authorities, and had also brought her small dog together with her into the house.
Apartments in the world are sold for around $1 million, in response to Zillow listings reviewed by Fox News Digital. The sheriff’s office described the property where the crime took place as a multimillion-dollar home, in response to NBC 2.
Villa has a house in Fort Myers, in response to the outlet, but told deputies she was the homeowner of the beach house and showed them forged documents that she recently purchased the property.
Authorities called the actual homeowner, who said she didn’t know Villa, and the suspect was arrested.
Neighbors expressed shock over the police presence, noting it’s a secure area, let alone that somebody tried to fraudulently move into the home.
“I don’t know where she thought she was going to remain or how long she thought she was going to remain because all these houses have those that check in them on a regular basis,” Bruce Broskie told NBC 2.
Villa was charged with resisting an officer, larceny, fraud and burglary, in response to Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s arrest database.
The arrest comes just months after law enforcement in Fort Lauderdale removed 10 squatters from a million-dollar property that was left riddled with bugs and damage. Other law enforcement near Port Orange, Florida, in June dismantled structures on an island known for its drug use that was overtaken by squatters.
