A routine trespassing call turned into an unexpected twist Monday evening when a 20-year-old woman attempted to convince officers she lived in an apartment — using what police say was a poorly made fake lease.
According to authorities, officers were dispatched to a downtown apartment complex after a resident reported someone “jiggling door handles” and trying to enter multiple units. When officers arrived, they found the young woman, identified only as “Kayla,” standing confidently in the hallway, insisting she lived in one of the apartments.
To prove it, Kayla pulled out a printed lease agreement — but officers immediately noticed something was off. The document had misspelled words, cropped signatures, and a landlord phone number that went straight to a disconnected line.
“She said, ‘This is my place, I swear,’” one officer said. “But the lease looked like it was made on a school laptop during lunch break.”
When officers contacted building management, their suspicions were confirmed: Kayla had never lived there, had never applied, and the unit she claimed was hers was currently vacant and undergoing repairs.
Body-camera footage shows Kayla’s confidence begin to crumble as officers pointed out the inconsistencies. She tried to argue that the landlord “must’ve changed numbers,” then claimed she “didn’t know why the signatures looked weird.”
Ultimately, she admitted she had found the unit empty, assumed it was unoccupied, and tried to move in without permission.
Kayla was issued a citation for trespassing and released to a family member.
