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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Fri May 27, 2016, 05:45 PM May 2016

Squatters face multiple charges after moving into Jonesboro home (GA)

By Kayla Langmaid
5 hrs ago

JONESBORO — A Clayton County man was surprised to discover when he returned to his Jonesboro home after traveling that a couple of strangers had taken up residence in his home, going so far as to change the locks to his house, replace his personal items with their own, and allegedly use the home to grow marijuana.

The victim contacted the Clayton County Police Department about two weeks ago to report that squatters had taken over his Shoreline Drive home. After a two-week investigation, detectives discovered that a former Atlanta Public School teacher, Jacqueline Dennis, and her husband, Dexter Dennis, used forged documents to illegally obtain the residence valued at more than $350,000, a press release from the police department states.

When authorities confirmed that the victim was the rightful owner of the property, he was escorted to the home by detectives and had to make entry into his home through a window.

Once he got inside, the homeowner discovered that many of his personal possessions had been removed from the home and replaced with the personal possessions of Jacqueline and Dexter Dennis. He also found marijuana plants growing inside the home ...


http://www.news-daily.com/news/squatters-face-multiple-charges-after-moving-into-jonesboro-home/article_e4a20614-ea28-5131-8332-61316eed6f54.html

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Squatters face multiple charges after moving into Jonesboro home (GA) (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2016 OP
Hopefully the trash gets to squat in jail for a long time mythology May 2016 #1
So these suspected sovereign citizens believe they have the right malaise May 2016 #2
 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
1. Hopefully the trash gets to squat in jail for a long time
Fri May 27, 2016, 07:05 PM
May 2016

And I hope the real home owner gets his stuff back.

malaise

(268,980 posts)
2. So these suspected sovereign citizens believe they have the right
Fri May 27, 2016, 07:17 PM
May 2016

to steal other folks property? WTF- throw away the keys but make then replace the man's belongings - fugging criminals.

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