Try to evict a squatter -- go to jail

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5:24p, 12/22/24
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A woman in Georgia tried to evict a squatter and ended up going to jail.

The crazy justification for being easy on squatters seems to be that they have tenant's rights that are being illegally violated by the property owner.

In this case, the squatter was the daughter of a previous partner who had already been evicted.

From https://local12.com/news/nation-world/homeowner-jail-calling-police-remove-squatter-living-inside-her-house-reclaim-alleged-criminal-trespass-how-why-slept-home-situation-evicted-tenant-partner-terroristic-threats-charged

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Loletha Hale was charged with criminal trespass following a confrontation at her property on Dec. 9, according to WSB-TV 2.

["I spent the night on a mat on a concrete floor in deplorable conditions. While this woman, this squatter slept in my home," said Hale to WSB-TV 2.

The situation began in August when Hale discovered Sakemeyia Johnson, whom she described as a squatter, occupying her home.


However, a judge ruled that Johnson was not a squatter due to her relation to a previously evicted tenant's partner.

"How can she not be squatting when I've never had any type of contract relationship with this person," said Hale to WSB-TV 2.

Body camera footage from the sheriff's department captured a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed."

According to WSB-TV 2, Hale was charged with criminal trespassing and a misdemeanor count of terroristic threats. The alleged squatter was not charged with any crime.

I think that the deputy's remark says it all -- he is clearly saying that the squatter has the greater right to the home because she is less fortunate.

What a pathetic world we have created.
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5:34p, 12/22/24
Of all the idiocy this country puts up with these days. From transgender nonsense, to letting men play in women's sports, to opening the borders and paying for illegals to sleep in five star hotels, putting up with squatters or allowing them to have any rights at all, is by far the most infuriating. I think you should be able to shoot and kill squatters the same way you could anyone else breaking into your home. Just infuriating..
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In reply to eric76 • 5:41p, 12/22/24
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Re: "a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed.""

Ah, here we have the deputy reinforcing the b.s. known as economic justice.

Screw all social justice, socialist losers like this deputy.
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5:45p, 12/22/24
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One squatter in Panama City Beach, Florida got 40 years in prison last July.

This one didn't simply move in, he forged documents to transfer the property to himself.

From https://sa14.fl.gov/2024/07/26/squatter-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison/

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A man who filed fraudulent paperwork to take ownership of a beach condominium for more than 18 months was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday, State Attorney Larry Basford announced.

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The minimum sentence required by law was 10 years. Judge Stephenson said there are matters of "forgiveness" and matters of "justice," and "forgiveness is not mine to give. Justice is mine to give."

"This might be your first significant conviction, but it is a doozy," Judge Stephenson told the defendant. "You stole rest from the sunset of someone's life and should be punished for it."

I like that judge's remarks: "Forgiveness is not mine to give. Justice is mine to give."
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5:52p, 12/22/24
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Sounds like some squatters have a good place waiting for them. Just make their way to the judge's house.
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6:21p, 12/22/24
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Dems aren't even pretending anymore

They are outright saying "Laws don't apply to our voters but will be oppressively and tyrannically applied to those who don't vote for us!"
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6:29p, 12/22/24
Dead assailants can't counter your story about them threatening your life…

If that's all that's left, that's what'll happen.
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In reply to Trajan88 • 6:29p, 12/22/24
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Trajan88 said:
Re: "a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed.""

Ah, here we have the deputy reinforcing the b.s. known as economic justice.

Screw all social justice, socialist losers like this deputy.
Well sounds like the deputy would be fine with publicizing his own address to open up his home to the less fortunate.
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6:44p, 12/22/24
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I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege
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In reply to Trajan88 • 7:00p, 12/22/24
Trajan88 said:
Re: "a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed.""

Ah, here we have the deputy reinforcing the b.s. known as economic justice.

Screw all social justice, socialist losers like this deputy.
I would have immediately asked the deputy for their address so I could send some less fortunate " Unhoused " stellar individuals to his house. Which obviously, he would have immediately shut that sh*t down as an option.
" Burdens for thee, but not for me " !!
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7:09p, 12/22/24
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If I ever have a tenant I can't eviction through legal means, the plan is to fight fire with fire. My plan, if the law fails me, is to higher someone, pay them to be my tenant, sign a lease, have them move in and make their lives in that house unbearable. No sleeping, no food, no peace. The only people who can legally do that is another tenant. Fortunately, I know a guy.
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In reply to Ol Rock • 7:11p, 12/22/24
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I like that.
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In reply to eric76 • 7:23p, 12/22/24
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eric76 said:

Body camera footage from the sheriff's department captured a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed."
"I don't have a bed. She just took it!"

What are the odds on the cop having an internal monologue?
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In reply to Ol Rock • 11:08p, 12/22/24
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Ol Rock said:
If I ever have a tenant I can't eviction through legal means, the plan is to fight fire with fire. My plan, if the law fails me, is to higher someone, pay them to be my tenant, sign a lease, have them move in and make their lives in that house unbearable. No sleeping, no food, no peace. The only people who can legally do that is another tenant. Fortunately, I know a guy.
One thing I have wondered is if you could buy a house under a trust and then lease the house to you. I assume that you would then be a tenant and if someone tried to claim that they were a tenant, you would be the one with an actual signed lease and could stay and be as obnxious as you can legally be to make it so uncomfortable for them that they have to move.

I've asked this several times but nobody has ever explained the issues.

I suspect that one issue is that the trust would probably have to pay taxes on the income it got from your lease payments. That could probably make it not worth the cost.

Probably cheaper to lease it out to someone else.
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In reply to FIDO*98* • 11:30p, 12/22/24
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FIDO*98* said:
I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege


Awful reasoning

Must have proper leases and enforcement practices.
Also, proper screening and security deposits.
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In reply to eric76 • 1:48a, 12/23/24
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eric76 said:
Ol Rock said:
If I ever have a tenant I can't eviction through legal means, the plan is to fight fire with fire. My plan, if the law fails me, is to higher someone, pay them to be my tenant, sign a lease, have them move in and make their lives in that house unbearable. No sleeping, no food, no peace. The only people who can legally do that is another tenant. Fortunately, I know a guy.
One thing I have wondered is if you could buy a house under a trust and then lease the house to you. I assume that you would then be a tenant and if someone tried to claim that they were a tenant, you would be the one with an actual signed lease and could stay and be as obnxious as you can legally be to make it so uncomfortable for them that they have to move.

I've asked this several times but nobody has ever explained the issues.

I suspect that one issue is that the trust would probably have to pay taxes on the income it got from your lease payments. That could probably make it not worth the cost.

Probably cheaper to lease it out to someone else.


Sounds like some enterprising young people could find a carer with decent housing benefits.
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In reply to FIDO*98* • 3:24a, 12/23/24
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FIDO*98* said:
I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege


Just squat on the property. The squatter will have more claim than the leasee.
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In reply to FIDO*98* • 4:40a, 12/23/24
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I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege
I used to own rental properties but got out some time back. It just took one bad tenant who took over a year to get rid of that ate up all the $ and then some I would have made on that. And decent tenants were getting harder and harder to come by already.
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In reply to Get Off My Lawn • 6:10a, 12/23/24
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Years ago, in SATX, I took the Concealed Handgun training. A San Antonio assistant DA provided the legal portion of the class. He stated (paraphrased here): Make sure the intruder is dead. It is your word against a dead man.
When the truth comes out, do not ask me how I knew.
Ask yourself why you did not.
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In reply to Aggie Infantry • 6:34a, 12/23/24
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The old adage is "Dead men tell no tales" .
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6:44a, 12/23/24

More info:

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The incident occurred on December 9, after Hale reportedly returned to her house to clean up, after a judge ruled in her favor in a months-long battle with Sakemeyia Johnson, the alleged squatter.

The police said, according to WSB-TV, that Hale "executed an illegal eviction and forcibly removed Ms. Johnson's belongings."

The police confirmed with the judge that Hale did not have a "signed writ of possession," which would allow Hale to legally evict Johnson.

"She just caught up out of nowhere. She had this guy with him, and I locked the door. I locked the screen door, and he forced himself in telling us to get out," Johnson told the police of the incident.

Hale told the outlet that she thought Johnson had moved out of the home after she was handed the victory in court in November.

"I returned on Monday to start painting and she had broken the locks at my property," Hale said.
To recap, the squatter, who lost in court, called the police and claimed breaking-and-entering/trespassing against the owner in her own house. And this was AFTER she won in court.

Why tf do you need a 'writ of possession' to 'legally evict' a squatter? Nevermind you already won a court case, you're not 'evicting' someone who never had a contractual relationship with you, you're removing a trespasser from your own property.

Freaking clown world there in Georgia.
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7:01a, 12/23/24
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Bought a small apt complex in July.

Not renewing any of the leases and remodeling.

Have three tenants left. One is a lunatic and I'm 100% sure I will have to evict her and her adult daughter.

This weekend she fired off a demand letter and I've forwarded it to an attorney. Merry frig'n Christmas to me! I hate these people.
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FIDO*98* said:
I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege
This is my fear as well.
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FIDO*98* said:
I'll never own rental property for this exact reason. Had a friend in Austin that took almost a year to get a non-paying tenant evicted and had to spend thousands of dollars for the privilege


Pretty sure there's a guy that does this.

https://squatterhunters.com/

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9:13a, 12/23/24
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There is a guy that has a business of squatting on squatters. They can't get him out either. He has a rental agreement with the homeowner and it uses the iodic of the system to kick out the squatter
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9:16a, 12/23/24
1/20/2025 can't get here soon enough.
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In reply to Trajan88 • 9:18a, 12/23/24
Trajan88 said:
Re: "a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed.""

Ah, here we have the deputy reinforcing the b.s. known as economic justice.

Screw all social justice, socialist losers like this deputy.


That stupid SOB needs to be ****canned. He'd be singing a different tune if the dude was sleeping in his bed.
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In reply to Trajan88 • 9:22a, 12/23/24
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Trajan88 said:
Re: "a deputy advising Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective, noting, "Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed.""

Ah, here we have the deputy reinforcing the b.s. known as economic justice.

Screw all social justice, socialist losers like this deputy.


Absolutely, some homeless person needs to invade, confiscate and start living in his home and then he will become qualified to address "economic justice"!
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In reply to Logos Stick • 9:23a, 12/23/24
Exactly.
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Ol Rock said:
If I ever have a tenant I can't eviction through legal means, the plan is to fight fire with fire. My plan, if the law fails me, is to higher someone, pay them to be my tenant, sign a lease, have them move in and make their lives in that house unbearable. No sleeping, no food, no peace. The only people who can legally do that is another tenant. Fortunately, I know a guy.

Is he for hire?
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9:34a, 12/23/24
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We had a rent house in college station, never doing that again. Two 20 year olds lived there, dropped out of A&M and refused to leave. Took way longer than it should have to get them out.
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10:08a, 12/23/24
Another sign that you don't actually own your home.
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11:33a, 12/23/24
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If I was a landlord and found squatters occupying one of my properties I would just go to a biker bar and pay some Hells Angels or Bandito motorcycle gangs dudes to move in with the squatter for a weekend and see what happens.
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This is Fng riduclous and somebody is going to die over it.
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In reply to eric76 • 11:38a, 12/23/24
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In another thread a poster said "America is back!"

No, no it is not.
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