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Squatters take over multimillion-dollar Sammamish home, police say hands are tied
KIRO 7 ^ | May 24, 2021 | Kevin Ko

Posted on 05/26/2021 7:45:28 AM PDT by fireman15

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To: Mariner
The owner could personally evict them.

Yes you would think so... should be easy to get them out. We have friends whose elderly parents lived in Seattle. A broken down RV parked in the alley behind their house. After a few days they complained but the police said that there was nothing that they could do. Their RV's toilet either did not work or their tank was full because the people pooped in their back yard every day.

The elderly parents could not get any sleep because the squatters were loud as well and they were so worried and irritated about the situation. Their dad had a stroke at least partially related to the stress of the situation, and he died a few weeks later. The mom was afraid to live alone in the house. As soon as she stopped staying there the squatters moved in. The police would do nothing about it. It took months and thousands of dollars for the eviction process to complete. When the squatters finally left they had stolen everything and trashed the house to the point that it was condemned. The house was torn down and their mother died as well.

Nothing happened to the squatters and I assume that they went on to another place and did the same thing.

61 posted on 05/26/2021 9:22:15 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Ann Archy

Ann, the police are not your friends.
They are trained or paid off to crack down on law-abiding citizens. I stopped supporting the police after what happened on Jan 6th.


62 posted on 05/26/2021 9:23:28 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: JBW1949

This type of thing has been happening for almost 20 years.
I had a close friend loose her home in Portland for something very similar.
One of the homes in my development had a squatter.

The residents in the HOA took control and then handed him over to Scottsdale police.


63 posted on 05/26/2021 9:24:13 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: fireman15

It is all about “who you know”—also if they had funds to hire a top notch attorney the story would have turned out differently.

Some animals are more equal than others.


64 posted on 05/26/2021 9:27:17 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg
also if they had funds to hire a top notch attorney the story would have turned out differently.

I have left out quite a bit of detail. They turned off the poser and water early on. They hired “top notch attorneys” and in fact went through at least a couple firms and spent many thousands of dollars. Nothing meaningful was ever accomplished. Everything that you think that you know about this type of situation gets turned on its head when you actually go through it.

65 posted on 05/26/2021 9:33:19 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: cuban leaf

>> f it happened to me, the solution is simple. I walk in with m semi
>> shotgun and ask them to leave. If they refuse, they get shot dead. All of them.

Now by telegraphing your intent on the web you may be left fighting a 1st degree murder charge regardless of what the circumstances really were. Just saying.


66 posted on 05/26/2021 9:37:45 AM PDT by JadeEmperor ( )
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To: fireman15

If none of that worked then what they needed was a “fixer”.

They are out there—for a price. They can work the system, even if it means bribing local officials to get stuff done.


67 posted on 05/26/2021 9:39:02 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: George from New England

Yes like most Freepers have no spare time...lol....some folks live here

Be honest it’s because this is headlines only republic

If you. Please

And I do it too

I swunny....you look at 80% of posts and you can tell it’s just headline reactions


68 posted on 05/26/2021 9:41:17 AM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: fireman15

Non permitted campers

Which means dope head drunk or crazy folks the media call homeless

They are scourge.....I had to brandish on one last nite

Austin Texas unlike Nashville is trying to do something about it


69 posted on 05/26/2021 9:43:43 AM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: fireman15
House Pictures, etc
70 posted on 05/26/2021 9:45:20 AM PDT by blam
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To: cuban leaf
I’m not sure these folks sound prepared.....454 casull for those vests....

The homeowner lives overseas, but a few people living locally help maintain the home with routine checkups. One of those workers stopped by the home and found 12 guns, bulletproof vests, more than 15,000 fentanyl pills, heroin, meth, and more than $40,000 in cash.

71 posted on 05/26/2021 9:46:41 AM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: JadeEmperor

I’m really not to worried about that.


72 posted on 05/26/2021 9:51:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: fireman15
Another picture shows a garage full of appliances, including an ATM.

Hey, media dumdums! Unless you're a bank or a convenience store, an ATM is not an appliance!

73 posted on 05/26/2021 9:51:38 AM PDT by Dahoser (I finally figured out what to call him: Fakephonyfraudident Biden. )
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To: Eleutheria5
But not if you bury the body and nobody heard the shots;-)

Very good point! :-)

74 posted on 05/26/2021 9:58:46 AM PDT by KevinB (''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: cgbg

If anyone questions whether squatters can be removed, ask yourself this simple question:

“If the squatter did this at the home of the police chief, would they be removed?”

So we know they _can_ be removed.

You just need to influence the _right_ people in a way that makes it worth their while.


75 posted on 05/26/2021 10:00:04 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: fireman15

Things will eventually get to militia groups dealing with these things. Which devolves into turf wars and warlords.


76 posted on 05/26/2021 10:00:19 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: cgbg

And burn down the house.🙄


77 posted on 05/26/2021 10:00:28 AM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Dahoser

Hey, media dumdums! Unless you’re a bank or a convenience store, an ATM is not an appliance!

So you’re telling me I can’t get an ATM to put in my kitchen next to the coffee maker?


78 posted on 05/26/2021 10:00:35 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Eleutheria5

Good ?.


79 posted on 05/26/2021 10:01:33 AM PDT by Lumper20 (If one never served in war-He/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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To: fireman15

Wa. state?

Well-keep voting Democrat! 🤦‍♂️


80 posted on 05/26/2021 10:12:26 AM PDT by SMARTY ( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
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