Six squatters take over suburban Georgia home, then help themselves to vacationing neighbor’s car: cops

Police successful Georgia rounded up a half twelve squatters who were bedding down successful a $450,000 suburban location for months — aft tracing a neighbor’s stolen car to their driveway.

The six intruders, who moved into nan quiet location astatine 4300 Caveat Court connected Christmas Day, had agelong go a nuisance successful nan neighborhood, section residents told WANF-TV News.

“They bargain these homes, and nan group opportunity they tin spend them. They do nan paperwork, and they’re expected to bargain it backmost from nan company,” said Mel Keyton, president of nan Hampton Oaks Homeowners Association. “They ne'er bargain it back.

Neighbors said six squatters moved into nan quiet location successful South Fulton, Georgia, connected Christmas Day and ne'er left. FOX 5 Atlanta

“They time off nan location vacant, squatters move in,” Keyton said. “We don’t cognize who these group are and what they’re doing.”

Keyton said nan squatters collapsed into different quiet location successful nan vicinity while nan owners were retired of municipality and stole their car.

Cops caught up pinch nan unit connected Saturday and placed them successful handcuffs.

Cops successful South Fulton, Georgia, said six squatters were busted aft a stolen car was traced to nan home. FOX 5 Atlanta

“Not knowing who’s surviving amongst us, it really makes you consciousness uneasy and you conscionable don’t consciousness safe,” relation vice president Kendra Snorton told Fox connection WAGA-TV. “You don’t consciousness safe.

“The ringleader, we spot him stepping his canine each nan time,” Snorton said. “He’s very courteous and polite erstwhile he interacts pinch nan community.”

Saturday’s arrests travel successful nan aftermath of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signing nan Georgia Squatter Reform Act connected April 24, which gives homeowners much authority to footwear unwanted squatters.

“Hopefully it won’t get this bad,” Keyton told WAGA of nan squatter dilemma. “Hopefully we won’t person to usage this magnitude of police.”