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(114,904 posts) Tue Dec 3, 2013, 03:45 PM Dec 2013

Family goes to visit dying relative, stranger moves into their house and claims title [View all]

changes the locks and moves out their belongings. WTF? Why isn't this guy just arrested for breaking and entering?

A family from Springfield, Ohio, returned home from visiting a dying relative only to find a stranger had moved into their home and changed the locks.

Even worse for the family, who wish to remain anonymous, the intruder may have the law on his side.

The new "owner" of the house is Robert Carr. He pounced when the family went to see their ill relative. Not only did he change the locks, he also emptied the house and produced court documents to show he was the owner, reported The Blaze website.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/stranger-takes-family-home-legal-article-1.1533414#ixzz2mRWPj8LN

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Family goes to visit dying relative, stranger moves into their house and claims title [View all] cali Dec 2013 OP

The Blaze hmmm? NightWatcher Dec 2013 #1

I'm waiting for confirmation from Twitchy Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #2

here is a local tv station's investagative report: cali Dec 2013 #6

here: cali Dec 2013 #4

These sites scour the world for stories to get outraged by NightWatcher Dec 2013 #8

True, however it does happen more often than you may think. Glassunion Dec 2013 #15

They are never held up in court, according to the FBI guy. n/t JimDandy Dec 2013 #19

True. But at what cost to the legitimate homeowner? Glassunion Dec 2013 #20

The winning side almost always is awarded court and attorney costs JimDandy Dec 2013 #21

Not always. Some homeowners can get stuck with the bill. Glassunion Dec 2013 #22

This guy will wind up dead someday when he pulls this on the wrong person. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #3

yup, the three s rule should apply, shoot, shovel, shut the hell up. loli phabay Dec 2013 #5

People shoot each other over a parking space. What are they going to do about their house? TeamPooka Dec 2013 #7

And will doubtless be buried in someone else's grave. 11 Bravo Dec 2013 #12

lmao that was funny. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #18

we can only hope frylock Dec 2013 #24

I don't see how he could get away with this vankuria Dec 2013 #9

So nobody can ever go on vacation again? silverweb Dec 2013 #10

Sounds like bullshit to me. Paladin Dec 2013 #11

Ah, a "Sovereign Citizen" jberryhill Dec 2013 #13

Oh, yeah, THAT'LL work! hatrack Dec 2013 #14

A Soveriegn Citizen that went to HS with me! maxsolomon Dec 2013 #16

Your link is to a entirely different case which was perpetrated by a relative using fraud. n/t JimDandy Dec 2013 #23

i am aware maxsolomon Dec 2013 #25

Man who claimed family's home .. has done the same with another ELEVEN properties struggle4progress Dec 2013 #27

He doesn't acknowledge government authority...Sovereign Citizens countryjake Dec 2013 #17

He must choose to victimize pacifists seveneyes Dec 2013 #26

Man faces charges after claiming Springdale home while owners out of town struggle4progress Dec 2013 #28

90 days in jail for Texas man who stole house of cancer patient: jsr Dec 2013 #29

Give him a 20 year lease for a room in a government-run all-inclusive facility nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #30

Forclosure bpj62 Dec 2013 #31

Links to documents in the case can be found here: struggle4progress Dec 2013 #32