Squattin' in Littleton

[OneGuy67]

That does not make any sense "they cant arrest them as they did not catch them breaking in."

If thieves steal your car and they are found in/or out of the car they are arrested for theft/stolen vehicle.

Just cause a house cant move (well unless you have a trailer home, insert trailer park joke HERE) and the people are inside why not be arrested?

Something does not make sense, how did they get the keys to the place?????

This is becoming more and more common, unfortunately. I know a couple of detectives who are busy handling similar cases.

The issue for law enforcement is, the "squatters" may also be victims of a crime, if someone is holding the residence out as available and they enter into a bogus agreement to rent or rent to own. As such, when L.E. goes to the door and they are handed some legal forms by the squatters, most patrol officers aren't knowledgable enough when it comes to real estate documents (other than their own house purchases), rental agreenments, quick claim deeds, etc. and it appears as though the squatters may have a legitimate argument to the property as well.

There have been a number of Craigslist scams in which people believe they are renting a house only to find out later it is of a similar type situation.

There are some though, that have enough knowledge of the court system that they can squat in a residence for a large period of time for free. Douglas County Investigators had a recent case of a extended family of squatters living in several homes in the Castle Rock area and it took a long time and process to get them out and some charged criminally.

The house usually is broken into by means of a easily replaceable or unlocked window, doggy door, or through the use of a mechanical garage door slim jim and once inside, the door locks are replaced.

[Storm]

I wonder if the squatters are illegals. Their hyphenated last names and the fact that the man doesn't speak English make me think so.

What a drag... I've been looking at properties in the greater metro area for the past month or so...have not found one yet I can pick-up for 5-grand!

Colo. Family Tries to Regain Home From Occupiers

By SUSANNA KIM | Good Morning America

"...in for a surprise when she learned two strangers had been living in her Littleton, Colo., home for eight months. They still haven't moved out despite a judge's ruling they had to be out by the weekend.

On Thursday, a judge in Arapahoe County ruled that Veronica Fernandez-Beleta and Jose Rafael Leyva-Caraveo, the two people who were living in the home, had to move out by Saturday morning. But as of Monday evening, Donovan, 43, said the two were still there.
Her husband, Troy, 45, filed for a forced eviction with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office on Monday morning, and the actual eviction could take place anywhere from two to four weeks from the date of filing.

...the two occupiers showed paperwork from the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder with an affidavit of "adverse possession," their names and the Donovan's address written on it. The two said they bought the home from a real estate agent for $5,000."

[josh7328]

If I came home to an unauthorized person in my home waving some papers at me, they had better hope those papers are bullet proof, because I'm shooting right through them. Home invasion. Frankly don't care what loophole of the law they think will save them. I'll fight it later.

[Goodburbon]

I'd like to show up on their doorstep and tell them "this is legally my house now, you have to leave, NOW. Then enjoy some target practice in the back yard while they packed. No threats, no yelling, just enjoying my new yard...


Not vigilante.

[00tec]

Is it illegal to pop smoke in your own house? How about walking in with a case of bug bombs and setting them off. Dawn Israeli mil-surp gas mask and change locks.

[Goodburbon]

Along these lines, I cannot fathom why you can't just walk in and start throwing their shit in the yard? It's YOUR house and they have NO claim to it.

[josh7328]

Is it illegal to pop smoke in your own house? How about walking in with a case of bug bombs and setting them off. Dawn Israeli mil-surp gas mask and change locks.

I Love the way you think! Where can I cet some CS grenades? On second thought... It would suck to live in a house with that CS powder crap all over the place.

[CrufflerSteve]

Sorry about squatters/bums or whatever you call them.

I'd be cautious with ozone generators. They might have a place in a bare bones house but they can cause real problems with household items like carpets.

My nutso first wife was into that crap and had it massively done to my house while I was on a business trip. When I walked in after I almost passed out. I rented a room and took our son and investigated into how to clean it up. I found a researcher at Bell Labs who specialized in ozone mitigation. Sometimes industrial equipment put out a lot and it has bad effects on lots of synthetics. It can break them down into nasty stuff.

Ozone, in concentration, is like a slow motion fire. people caught in a fire often aren't overcome by fire or lack of oxygen. it's the poisonous fumes from the burning stuff. I fixed up the house, minus wife, but I had to junk most of the carpets, drapes and do a lot of work.

Steve

[HBARleatherneck]

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[theGinsue]

Didn't read the whole thread so my apologies if this has already been mentioned.

A few months back I read an article about how false real estate agents, etc. we're finding unoccupied properties and "selling" the properties to dumba$$ buyers for well below the market rates - prices that the buyers didn't need to go through the usual lender requirements to "purchase".

It amazes me just how many people still haven't figured out that if something seems too good to be true, it isn't true!