bedford woman finds man living inside 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 .
he did n't bring in new furniture but he was living there , ” higgins , police are investigating and he expects charges to be filed against her as well .
the woman has a caretaker and was introduced to the caretaker ’s boyfriend mark potts .
potts faces criminal trespassing charges .
police in bedford county said that the man , mark potts , turned out to be the boyfriend of the woman 's caretaker .
an elderly woman was in for a shock at her home and even had a small handgun in his possession , according to bedford county district attorney bill higgins .
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 .