Home theft, how to evict criminal

[Eric P]

I forget what the law is called, but once residency is established, even illegally, one must follow the eviction process.

However in this case, this is how it should be done everywhere.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-family-returns-from-vacation-finds-stranger-living-in-home

Forget the courts and paying lawyers. I went through this eviction nonsense after my ex was arrested for stealing and pawning my guns. Not fun and a giant waste of time to cya. Even had undercover deputies come by after she skipped bail since she listed my address as hers. (Very tense until I called the deputy handling my case and verified the undercovers were who they said they were and not her friends. I refused entry without warrant)

Honesty, I dont know if I could hold back and not shoot the MFing thief in this case on the spot, especially after he said he a gun. Justified self defense for a threat of violence against me on my property?

[Mazin]

I would have kicked him over in that wheelchair.

[Great-Kazoo]

I forget what the law is called, but once residency is established, even illegally, one must follow the eviction process.

However in this case, this is how it should be done everywhere.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-family-returns-from-vacation-finds-stranger-living-in-home

Forget the courts and paying lawyers. I went through this eviction nonsense after my ex was arrested for stealing and pawning my guns. Not fun and a giant waste of time to cya. Even had undercover deputies come by after she skipped bail since she listed my address as hers. (Very tense until I called the deputy handling my case and verified the undercovers were who they said they were and not her friends. I refused entry without warrant)

Honesty, I dont know if I could hold back and not shoot the MFing thief in this case on the spot, especially after he said he a gun. Justified self defense for a threat of violence against me on my property?

Few well placed tear gas canisters thrown through windows. Break window, press OC spray lever and electrical tape at same time. In through window. Worry about clean up after vermin has been removed.

There's other ways, but on line info could possibly implicate 1 or more people down the road.

[Irving]

I would have sued the new home owner for not having and ADA compliant residence.

[SouthPaw]

Happens more often than you think. People leave the country and squatters move in, remove/sell the original home owners belongings, change the locks and fight tooth and nail till the end.

[bryjcom]

It'd be hard for me not to beat the ever living shit out of him.

Scum...

[BladesNBarrels]

"He was being held in the Cobb County jail in lieu of $33,220 bond."

Interesting bond amount. Wonder how that figure was determined.

[Eric P]

make my day law cannot be utilized against anyone who has a legal right of occupancy in any imagination. That means absent an eviction, it cannot be applied against a previous resident even if they break back into the home. (Because one of the burdens is a knowing, unlawful entry).

And this is the problem with the current legal system. It should be an open and shut case, but no, bleeding hearts feel for the unfortunate.

If I came home to find an intruder in my house that I have never met, then they allude to having a gun, well a jury would have to decide.

[BushMasterBoy]

If you want to commit a crime, get the government to do it for you. That is the legal way.LAROL

[Hummer]

Maybe you folks missed it but Colorado recently passed a law protecting homeowners from illegal squatters. Now instead of having to immediately shoot the offenders upon entering your home, you can call a sheriff to arrest and evict without a court process, just as happened in the Georgia case noted in the OP. And, if one is forced to choose the make-my-day option the presumption of innocence would be better founded against any claim by the burglar/squatter.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2018/09/19/mike-rosen-honeymoon-over-for-squatters-in-colorado/

[izzy]

Maybe you folks missed it but Colorado recently passed a law protecting homeowners from illegal squatters. Now instead of having to immediately shoot the offenders upon entering your home, you can call a sheriff to arrest and evict without a court process, just as happened in the Georgia case noted in the OP. And, if one is forced to choose the make-my-day option the presumption of innocence would be better founded against any claim by the burglar/squatter.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2018/09/19/mike-rosen-honeymoon-over-for-squatters-in-colorado/

That would have been handy for me a few years back. In the situation I was in I had to cancel my lease and move out. Lease was 100% in my name and eventually it was a "welp, it's the landlords problem now".

[Hummer]

Wasn't aware of it, thanks Hummer. It still doesn't go far enough, but it's something.

It's ironic that if someone breaks into your house and steals your property, it's burglary.

If they do the exact same thing and rekey it, it's civil. And under the new bill, they still face no criminal ramifications so long as they don't cause further damage to the house other than what they've already done when the peace officer arrives. They still face no criminal ramifications as long as they don't steal whatever they haven't already stolen when the police officer arrives. Freaking liberals.

No, it certainly doesn't go far enough and it illustrates President Trump's characterization of the Democratic party as the party of crime and criminals.

[TheGrey]

...I'm thinking thoughts that I can't post.

[Hummer]

You can tell me, I have a long and comfortable couch.