Posted on 05/21/2021 5:27:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Homeowners say they found a man who allegedly broke into a house in Roy on Tuesday. They say the stranger was trying to change the locks on a house that wasn’t his, even filling the fridge with food.
The incident happened around 1 p.m. on 284th Street E in a rural area of Roy in Pierce County.
The last owner of the house, who KIRO7 is identifying only as T, said he had just sold the property a week ago when he heard there was a problem. He asked KIRO7 not to share his name because he does work around the region clearing homeless encampments.
“Neighbors called us multiple times today and said someone was breaking into the house. They had the garage doors open, they were changing the locks,” T said.
He rushed down and found a man at the front door with locks and tools spread out.
KIRO7 is not showing the stranger’s face because he hasn’t been charged with a crime.
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“How’d you get in here?” T asked the man. “Coming into the house that’s not yours!” he said in the video.
“He was just nonchalantly telling me he wasn’t leaving basically. It was pretty shocking, bold,” T said.
When deputies showed up and asked more questions, the man doesn’t appear to have any clear answers.
“I was told I could live here,” the stranger said. You hear a deputy say, “Who told you that?”
“Doesn’t matter,” the stranger said.
T said they reached the new homeowner through the realtor, who confirmed the stranger was not given permission to be on the property.
“They broke into the back door of the garage,” T said. He said it appears the man was looking to settle in.
“He was going to change the locks, I’m sure, and he was going to try and stay in there,” T said. “We think he was there for more than one day because there was food in the refrigerator, he had been cooking, there was food and dirty plates in the sink,” he said.
Finally, the deputy gets the man to leave after the stranger asks for a ride.
“Where do you need a ride to?” you hear a deputy say in the video.
But the stranger is facing no charges.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department says nothing was taken from this property, and the most likely charge - if one were filed - would be trespass -- a low-level misdemeanor. A spokesperson said deputies did not immediately write up a report on the case.
In an update Thursday, the Sheriff’s Department said after the deputy reached the new homeowner, he did write a report on the trespass incident. However, the new homeowner was not interested in pressing charges.
“I can’t file charges, it’s not my home,” T said. “It’s really frustrating.”
The Sheriff’s Department also added that COVID policies are still in place for the jail, which means only people charged with the worst felonies like first-degree assault, kidnapping, murder and certain burglaries are taken into custody.
Our future on display. If they want it , they take it....and few or no consequences.
You are doing it wrong.
“Finally, the deputy gets the man to leave after the stranger asks for a ride.”
Since when is BURGLARY, BREAKING & ENTERING, VANDALISM and THEFT not crimes?........................
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Did you not notice the name of the state this happened in? It seems Left Coast Liberalism is spreading to even smaller towns.
>>But the stranger is facing no charges.
>>The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department says nothing was taken from this property, and the most likely charge - if one were filed - would be trespass — a low-level misdemeanor.
Same as any illegal entrant in this country.
And when you change the locks and try to claim ownership as a squatter (which DOES happen in some parts of this world) you are attempting to steal a whole property (just like the reconquista folks).
I’m sorry but we are going to have to start hanging thieves in this country.
There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of you or having to go to jail.
Soon people won’t even bother calling the cops and will deal with these “problems” themselves.
At this point I’m kind of looking forward to that.
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Since law enforcement won’t do their job, you are left to do their job for them. Personally, I would subdue, then tie the guy up, then tie him to a fire hydrant or tree down the block and leave him.
If I came back later and he was in the house again, it would get a lot worse.
Not a crime? That is a joke. I bet T has more involvement than shared. Maybe he now pays for his friends damage.
Shades of the Bolshevik revolution.
It’s called a Wooden Eviction AKA Louisville Slugger.
America, brought to you by the commies.. Better known as the liberals..
Attempted grand larceny.
If the squatter/thief refuses to leave after you command he do so, call the police and tell them that a man has broken into your home and from what you can see through the window it appears that he’s yelling something and waving a gun around (or a machete, if you prefer). That’ll get a response and they can sort out the details after the thief is subdued ... including that you weren’t sure about the gun (or the machete), but it sure looked that way from a distance.
Well, they have already communicated and shown that taking over property, assaulting police and citizens, setting fire to things, destroying businesses, blocking traffic and such won't be prosecuted either.
What chance does some homeowner have to protect his property if he goes away for a week and comes back to find his house occupied and the locks changed? (I know that wasn't exactly the case here, but I heard that this happens, and if it does, you are SOL.
One of the key tenets of America has been property rights. Not just land and a home, but belongings. From the founding. Well, if your "burglary" isn't one of the "certain burglaries" described above, then guess what? There are no property rights.
All by design.
Liberals have declared squatting to be a civil right because home ownership is Jim Crow 2.0.
Since racial “equity” became the new buzzword from the left...
If the property had been sold, why would the former owner even get involved? How did the neighbors know that it wasn’t the new owner who was there?
A new take on a home run. A free bedroom house.
You have a twisted way of thinking. I like it!!
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