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<\/p>\nA man in the US has been arrested for allegedly living in the crawl space of a property without the owner’s permission.<\/p>\n
Beniamin Bucur, 40, was found at an apartment complex in Clackamas, around 16 miles (26km) south of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies investigated after a witness reported seeing a man who was not known to live in the complex parking his car and walking to the back of one of the buildings.<\/p>\n
The door to the crawl space was open and light was coming from inside before the door was closed, the witness said.<\/p>\n
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\n Steps had been taken to improve the living conditions. Pic: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
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\n A bed, lights, chargers and TVs were found. Pic: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
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\n The door to the crawl space was damaged and locked. Pic: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
Officers, who were tipped off shortly before 11pm, found the door to the crawl space was damaged and locked with an extension cord running through a vent.<\/p>\n
No one should be there and there should be no lights on inside, the owner told deputies, adding that strange noises had been heard coming from the crawl space before.<\/p>\n
After finding the owner’s keys to the crawl space did not work, officers forced their way in.<\/p>\n
Inside they found a man, identified as Bucur, who appeared to have taken “significant steps to improve the conditions of the crawl space and was obviously living inside”, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n
A bed, lights, chargers, TVs, and other electronic equipment were plugged into the home’s power supply.<\/p>\n
Deputies, who believe he had been living there for “an extended period of time”, found a pipe with white residue that tested positive for methamphetamine.<\/p>\n
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