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<p>This camp in a remote section of Rome, Maine, is where authorities believe Christopher Knight lived like a hermit for decades. Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was arrested April 4 while stealing food from another camp in Rome. Authorities said he may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries.</p>

<p>This camp in a remote section of Rome, Maine, is where authorities believe Christopher Knight lived like a hermit for decades. Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was arrested April 4 while stealing food from another camp in Rome. Authorities said he may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries.</p>

April 11, 2013

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A hermit and a thief
April 11, 2013 9 p.m.

A hermit and a thief

Maine man living in the wild for 27 years arrested

ROME, Maine (AP) - A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other staples has been caught in a surveillance trap at a camp he treated as a "Walmart," authorities said Wednesday.