Man found living in library basement

NEPTUNE, N.J., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Police in New Jersey said a homeless man found in a library basement told officers he lived there unnoticed for about two weeks.

Charles Jones Jr., 26, of Neptune, was found in the basement of the Ocean Township Library when a custodian spotted him in a window Friday evening after the library was closed, the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press reported Wednesday.

Detective Lt. Steven Peters said Jones told officers he had been living in the library basement for nearly two weeks. Peters said Jones had taken several books into the basement and had been eating food from the employee break room.

Jones, who was released pending a hearing, was charged with burglary and theft.