Crime & Safety

Woman Comes Home To Find Strange Man In Kitchen: Report

Police are reporting that a woman left her garage door open and a man wandered into the house while she was away.

WAUKESHA, WI — Police in Waukesha responded to a home on the 400 block of Main St. on the evening of May 22 on a report of a potential burglary in progress.

Waukesha police told Patch that the home owner came home to fine a person in her kitchen. Police said the woman told the strange man to leave, and he did.

According to police, the man, later identified as Timothy J. Seeger, was found about a block away by responding officers, and was arrested for trespassing.

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Police told Patch that Seeger is a homeless man and wandered into the open garage door of the woman's home while she was gone.

Police said that nothing in the house was missing, and there were no signs of forced entry, making this a case of trespassing.

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