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http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Squatter-on-Trial-Didnt-Mean-to-Break-Law-179313361.html
Squatter Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail, 10 Years Probation
By Frank Heinz and Mola Lenghi | Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 | Updated 9:30 PM CST
A North Texas man convicted of theft and burglary after trying to claim squatters' rights on a house using an obscure state law was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
David Cooper faced up to life in prison for burglary of a habitation and one count of theft over $200,000.
Prosecutors said Cooper took possession of the house and all of its contents while the homeowners, a man and wife, were staying in an apartment in Houston, where she was undergoing cancer treatments.
Cooper said he was relying on a law allowing what's known as "adverse possession" that he studied at a law library. He filed a claim for $16 on a $400,000 Arlington home and moved in, but said he didn't know he was breaking the law.
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Squatters-busted-in-upscale-Plano-neighborhood-210509361.html
Squatters busted in upscale Plano neighborhood
by TERESA WOODARD
Posted on June 6, 2013 at 9:41 PM
PLANO -- Jeff Nunn and Melissa Nunn still can't quite understand what's happened to the home they worked so hard to build nine years ago.
Jeff and Melissa recently divorced and put their home in the Kings Ridge subdivision up for sale. Jeff moved out first. Melissa moved out in March, but they left many of their personal belongings behind.
Tuesday, neighbors called the Nunns to tell them strangers were in and out of the house. When Melissa arrived, she found men painting her home.
Those strangers were claiming Jeff and Melissa Nunn's home was theirs. They taped a piece of paper in the window announcing the home was abandoned and they were taking it over.
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