OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man in Marion County is staying in a jail cell after refusing to leave a home that he broke into.

Deputies say 40-year-old Samuel Brooks entered a stranger’s home and sat down on the couch.

They said he locked himself in a back bedroom when the homeowner asked him to leave.

Deputies entered the home and arrested Brooks for trespassing and resisting arrest.

He’s being held on a $5,000 bond.

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