Maine man accused of breaking into home to take bath, prepare meal
CASCO, Maine – A Maine couple returning from an overnight trip to celebrate Valentine’s Day was startled to discover that a man had broken into their home, taken a candlelit bath, eaten food and rearranged items in their home.
Sean Peter Schoonmaker, 34, of Norway, was arrested Monday and charged with burglary, theft and violation of a protection order, according to the Portland Press-Herald. Schoonmaker remains in the Cumberland County Jail, according to online records.
Ann Hall, one of the owners, said she returned to her home in Casco at about 10:15 p.m. Monday to find a strange car in her garage and the doors of her home locked, the newspaper reported.
Hall said the couple drove away from the residence and called 911. Five deputies and a K-9 responded and discovered Schoonmaker inside the home.
“When they went in, there was a young man in there who had been lounging around and making it his place,” Hall, a psychic medium, told the Press Herald. “I realized only after (the deputies) were gone that he had gone into every cupboard, every drawer and rifled through things. … He must have been there a while because he had changed everything around.”
Hall said Schoonmaker had taken a candlelit bath in her walk-in tub, prepared and ate food and put his own items in the refrigerator, the newspaper reported. He allegedly smoked in every room and made a mess of her home office.
Hall said she felt violated and unsafe in her home, but she said she is thankful for the “lovely and professional” deputies who responded to her call.
“I want to heal from this and move on,” Hall told the Press Herald.
