Man charged with criminal damaging after climbing through window of empty building

BG Police Division building

Bowling Green Police Division responded Thursday (1/25) evening to a report of a man entering a window at an empty building in the 100 block of South College Drive. A nearby resident had taken video of the man climbing into the window.

Police found a 60-year-old man hiding next to a refrigerator. When ordered to exit the building, the man complied and told police that he was homeless. The man was charged with criminal damaging and taken to Wood County Jail.