CRAWLSPACE CREEP! MAN BREAKS INTO NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT THROUGH CEILING—FOUND ASLEEP IN BED!

In a scene straight out of a horror movie, a woman awoke to find her next-door neighbor ASLEEP in her bedroom—after he allegedly crawled through the ceiling to get inside! Deputies rushed to the apartment complex after the terrified woman reported the break-in. Her landlord, just as shocked, confirmed that a hole had mysteriously appeared in the ceiling overnight—a hole that hadn’t been there before. Insulation littered the floor, and a crawlspace access panel had been ripped open. When the woman confronted her uninvited houseguest—identified as Thomas Coe, who lives in the unit next door—he allegedly mumbled that he had been “on Xanax all night” and had no idea how he got inside. But the evidence told a different story. THE CEILING CREEP STRIKES AGAIN? The landlord wasn’t surprised—revealing that this wasn’t the first time Thomas had been caught lurking where he didn’t belong. He had previously broken into the same neighbor’s apartment through the crawlspace, but the tenant never filed a police report. This time, officers found a footprint in the insulation and screws pulled from the wall, indicating someone had forced their way through the ceiling. Even more damning? A pair of shoes covered in insulation sitting near the crawlspace. When deputies asked the woman what Thomas was wearing when she found him, she described him as standing in her bedroom in only his boxers and a short-sleeved shirt. The two apartments are connected like a duplex, but this was no friendly visit. FUGITIVE ON THE RUN! As officers investigated, dispatch informed them that Thomas had an active warrant for his arrest. Given his history with law enforcement, deputies expected him to run—and they were right! When police knocked on Thomas’s door, he tried to make a break for it, sneaking out the back. But officers were ready. As soon as he stepped outside, they slapped him in cuffs and placed him under arrest. DRUGS, DECEPTION, AND A HOLE IN THE CEILING While securing the scene, deputies made another shocking discovery—a hole in Thomas’s OWN ceiling that connected to the crawlspace leading into his neighbor’s unit. Photos confirmed what they feared: Thomas had been crawling through the attic space to access the woman’s apartment. Inside, officers found two syringes and seven white pills identified as Gabapentin—a prescription drug often abused for its sedative effects. HIS GIRLFRIEND SPILLS THE TRUTH Thomas’s live-in girlfriend was at the neighbor’s apartment when it all went down. She claimed that she had been invited over, but Thomas had not. She insisted she had no idea how he got inside. But when deputies questioned her further, she admitted that Thomas had come downstairs in the neighbor’s apartment, and the woman had immediately confronted him. “I DON’T KNOW HOW I GOT HERE” When officers Mirandized Thomas and questioned him, he had only one excuse: he was too high to remember anything. He swore he had no clue how he ended up in his neighbor’s apartment. However, the shoes found in the crawlspace—which matched the ones left behind in the woman’s unit—told a different story. Thomas, who wears a size 12, denied owning them, but the recovered shoes were a size 11 and coated in insulation, clear evidence that someone had been crawling through the attic. JUSTICE SERVED Thomas Coe was hauled off to jail on his outstanding warrant and burglary charges. Meanwhile, his shaken neighbor is left wondering how long he had been spying on her from above. Authorities say this bizarre break-in is still under investigation, and Thomas could be facing even more charges. One thing’s for sure—his crawlspace creeping days are over!

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