Galesburg Police late on Monday afternoon, November 7th, responded to a vacant home in the 600 block of Day Street. The house currently has a placard fixed to it stating it’s unfit for human habitation. A caller told dispatch he saw a male subject exit the rear of the house and then go back inside. Officers arrived and discovered a board covering up the rear entrance had been broken in half. Police made contact with a 40-year-old Galesburg man and a 33-year-old Galesburg man. Both were taken into custody and transported to the Knox County Jail charged with Housing Unfit for Human Habitation. Galesburg Police were called back to the residence last Wednesday morning when a neighbor reported seeing a male subject on the property and could hear the male subject inside the house. GPD along with Galesburg Fire responded back to the residence. The 40-year-old male subject had returned to the house and was inside sleeping. He was taken into custody again, transported to the Knox County Jail, and charged with Housing Unfit for Human Habitation.
