Squatters dodge mortgage for 14 years, ‘abuse’ system as legal owner ‘devastated’ he can’t move pregnant sister in: court docs

Nypost ^ | 12/16/2023 | Georgett Roberts and Kathianne Boniello

[ChicagoConservative27]

A “shrewd and devious” Long Island couple failed to pay their mortgage for at least 14 years, dragged out their foreclosure for more than a decade, and refused to leave after a new family bought the house from the bank, court records show.

To make matters worse, one of the alleged interlopers was caught on video telling the legal owner to “go back to Pakistan.”

The frustrated owners of the Jericho home claim they’ve shelled out $85,000 and counting to keep up with taxes, mortgage payments, and other bills, while alleged squatters Barry J. Pollack and his wife, Barbara, live in their house and keep a Mercedes in the driveway.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Mercedes in the driveway huh? 🙄🙄😒 What a joke.

[Lazamataz]

There’s a reason God invented the shotgun.

[CatOwner]

Frontier justice would have (correctly) fixed this situation many years ago.

[AppyPappy]

When the squatters leave the house, you break in and change the locks. Now you are the squatter.

[neverevergiveup]

There is no justice in the US. None.

[for-q-clinton]

Don’t ask the cops for help. Just move in and move their stuff out. Reverse the situation. Make the squatters sue to get back in.

[PGR88]

[V_TWIN]

That house woulda suffered a mysterious devaststing fire long before now

[Lazamataz]

That house woulda suffered a mysterious devaststing fire long before now

Huh. Imagine that.

Just one of those spontaneous, unexplained fires.

It would be a complete mystery, too!

[Jim Noble]

I don’t know if you posting that is libel or not, but if you look at the pictures in the post and on the lawyer’s website they are obviously different.

Why don’t you ask one of the moderators to take that down before that very high-end lawyer sees it and gets after our host?

[lastchance]

Must have been those 12 drummers drumming.

[lgjhn23]

“..Huh. Imagine that. Just one of those spontaneous, unexplained fires.
It would be a complete mystery, too!...”

Yep...it “burned suddenly” while “safe and effective”.

[devane617]

How does this happen? I see stories like this all the time. Is there no legal way to evict them?

[deport]

There is no justice in the US. None.

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Kinda been an ongoing thing ever since
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.

[DoodleBob]

I thought Jerry Orbach was dead.

[Brasky]

I’d go remove the electric meter from the house, lock out the gas meter valve, and shut the water off at the b-box.
Why

[Chode]

14years??? hall you’d of been out in 5-10...

[b4me]

Seriously there must be a time both are gone and with proper ownership papers the legal owner can access the property. Sheriff, or somebody should be able to assist somehow so that if squatters return they are turned away or carted off.

[plain talk]

I can’t believe squatters are allowed to stay in a home.