When a squatter invades someone’s home, getting the squatter removed can be costly and time-consuming in many states. Every state has its own squatting laws. Speaking with a lawyer who specializes in landlord-tenant disputes can help you understand the law in your state and assist you with the best course to take. One option homeowners often ponder is self-help eviction. …
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A Maine man attempted to flee a courthouse while in handcuffs after he was convicted for assaulting a 1-year-old when two jurors and a detective managed to prevent his attempt to escape. Nicholas Carter, 31, was observed on Wednesday bolting out of the courthouse in the town of Skowhegan while handcuffed. Carter was found guilty of aggravated assault against a …
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A Florida mother who police say was fatally stabbed by her 17-year-old son on Sunday posted lyrics online taken from Taylor Swift’s song “It’s Time to Go” in a haunting final message just hours before she was killed. Catherine Griffith, 39,uploaded an image of a remote footbridge leading into a forest captioned with the lyrics to the song the day …
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A woman has been arrested in Illinois after allegedly fighting with the principal of an elementary school who had told her during a meeting that police would be called because she dropped baggies of cocaine, reports say. The incident involving Shakeda Barfield happened on Wednesday morning at Welsh Elementary School in Rockford, according to WIFR. The station, citing police, says …
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An Alabama man who co-founded a biker gang called the “Seven Deadly Sins” has been convicted of gunning down seven people – some of whom were members of the motorcycle club – and a dog. Frederic Allen Rogers, 26, admitted to killing the four men among the seven victims, investigators testified at trial. Jurors recommended a sentence of life in …
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Two IRS agents who blew the whistle on the political interference into Hunter Biden’s tax crimesfiled a $20 million defamation lawsuitagainst an attorney for the president’s son late Friday, accusing him of behaving with “clear malice.” IRS investigatorsGary Shapley and Joe Ziegler accuse attorney Abbe Lowellof retaliating against them for their efforts in exposing the kid glove treatment Hunter Biden …
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New York City police shot and killed a knife-wielding suspect in Brooklyn on Friday, saying the man was suspected of three murders. Officers with the Brooklyn Warrant Squad were attempting to arrest Vilmond Jean-Baptiste, 38, on Friday evening when he allegedly charged them with a knife, police say. Police say they found Baptiste hiding fully-clothed in a bathtub as they …
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Three American citizens have been sentenced to death in Congo after being convicted on charges of participating in a coup attempt, with one telling a court that his father — who led the failed effort — “had threatened to kill us if we did not follow his orders.” A lawyer representing 21-year-olds Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson Jr. and 36-year-old …
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A bucolic Virginia neighborhood. A seemingly normal family of three. A Brazilian au pair. A double murder. These are all parts of a complex puzzle investigators are still working to determine who killed Christine Banfield — a wife, mother and Fairfax County NICU employee — and Joseph Ryan, the 38-year-old man who showed up at her home armed with a …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). When Theresa DeLucia, a 95-year-old mother of four from New York’s Long Island, died last month, she had already laid out her wishes in a last will and testament more than a decade …
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