Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

I stayed at my ex-boyfriend's house for almost two weeks, eleven days I think. He ownes the home, and we agreed that I would stay with him and that I would be responsible for the utilities. Afterwards, he changed his mind and wanted me to get out, but it was on short notice and I really didn't have anywhere to go. He got with a couple of his friends and called the police and they told the officer that I had been there for two days, and he believed them. It was such a shock, as we had just left the bar playing pool, and he had been nice to me all night. I had no clue. We got back to the house, and before we got out of his car, he told me I was not sleeping there tonight. The police said I could not prove that I lived there, and when I told him that the neighbors had seen me there for the past two weeks, the officer responded by telling me that it was to late to wake up the neighbors. 12:04pm was the time I saw on the clock. He told me to get all my things together and leave. I then noticed that a lot of my things were missing from the dressers and in various other places throughout the home. He had told his friends to come in and place them on the back porch. We had also been to the laundromat and had washed a large amount of clothes together. He had those in his car. As I was struggling to find all my things, the officer kept telling me to get all my stuff now. However, it was hard due to the fact that my now ex-boyfriend had cut the power off. The officer kept yelling at me, but I truly was having a hard time. They had moved all my things around, and I couldn't see. The officer said that his supervisor was going to ask him why he had been on the call so long, and as I was putting my clothes in my vehicle, he told me I had two minutes, and looked at his clock. I went back to the front door to go inside and retrieve the rest of my items, and it was locked. I turned around to tell him the door was locked, and he told me that that was it, to put my hands behind my back, and that I was going to jail for tresspassing. Later, when I was released on bond, I found out that my vehicle had been towed. It was so not fair. They all lied and gave me such a hard time. I would like to know how many days one has to reside at a residence in Florida to be considered a resident of that home.

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