Ross said just before she gave birth to actress Sarah Jessica Parker's twins she was living in a Wheeling motel with three cats, a dog, and a python snake, but not her five year old son. She said he was staying with relatives.

A media frenzy surrounded the Belmont County Courthouse Thursday as Ross began her testimony.

Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter is on trial for allegedly breaking into surrogate Michelle Ross' home earlier this year to obtain personal information in an attempt to sell it to tabloid photographers.

In day three of the trial, the State of Ohio played a video tape for the jury which shows Carpenter being questioned by special agents from BCI about entering the home. Carpenter doesn't deny entering the home in Colerain. He maintains he was driving by and saw a door opened and went inside to make sure everything was alright.

Prosecutors allege that while inside Ross' home, Carpenter took personal documents belonging to Ross and they say he snapped pictures of a belly cast that belonged to Ross.

Paparazzi photographers this week told the jury that Carpenter worked with Bridgeport Police Chief Chad Dojack to sell them the items. They claimed the items were of no value to the company they worked for, since their company would not pay for illegally obtained items.

If Carpenter is found guilty by the jury he could be sentenced to prison.

Dojack will face similar charges in connection to the breaking when his trial begins in January.

Reporter Dave Elias is in the courtroom documenting all of the testimony and will continue to update readers here on wtrf.com and on 7 News throughout the day.