Squatter situation: Utilities/Water and Damages

[Han T.]

Hey BP Forumers! 

I am facing a squatter situation, ex-tenant ask neighbor to help move things, the weekend the ex-tenant vacates, squatter moved in. On the Monday when my property manager arrive, we had difficulty getting the squatter out of the property, sent a police dispatch but at the property, they class it as squatting instead of trespassing. We had since started the legal proceedings (OH law). 

What I would like to ask is, what are my landlord rights, while waiting for the legal proceedings to complete itself, to protect my property from harm (damage caused by squatter, be it not turning on heat and causing all the pipes to freeze, to physically trashing the property, exposing it to water damage, to burning down the property), and protect me from squatter excessively using water and electricity? Currently I have to pay for the water and utilities because tenant vacated and all these bills becomes my responsibilities.

Hope for some enlightenment.

Thanks