Police in Adams Township say a 28-year-old woman was caught making herself a little too comfortable inside a multimillion-dollar home that was on the market, rattling a usually quiet Mars-area suburb.
According to investigators, the homeowner spotted an unfamiliar woman inside the Heaven Lane property on surveillance and called police. Officers arrived, searched the house and found her inside, where they took her into custody.
Surveillance and how she got inside
Surveillance video shows the woman walking up to the Heaven Lane estate, slipping in through a door connected to the garage, then opening the garage and pulling her minivan inside, according to WPXI. Police say the homeowner shared the garage code with officers, who entered and found a parked vehicle that matched one they had already been tracking. The Heaven Lane home is listed at roughly $3.9 million on local MLS listings, per Redfin.
Charges and court schedule
Adams Township police charged 28-year-old Hannah Alexis Cunningham with one felony count each of burglary and criminal trespass, along with misdemeanor counts of theft and loitering, and she is being held in the Butler County Jail on $7,500 bail, according to Butler Eagle. The outlet reports Cunningham used the home’s bathtub and removed sales brochures from the property. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 13, when prosecutors are expected to weigh formal charges.
Police: similar incidents at nearby listing
Investigators say the same minivan was spotted in a trespassing incident at another house for sale on Blackstone Lane, and surveillance footage placed the woman at that property several times, including visits while people were inside, per WPXI. Police also said she briefly pulled into a driveway and followed a school-aged girl toward a bus stop the day before her arrest. Investigators have not released any motive and say the case remains very much active…