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New Port Richey soldier says squatters won't leave his home.
WFLA ^ | Posted: Apr 21, 2014 9:58 AM CST | Shannon Behnken

Posted on 04/22/2014 11:50:44 AM PDT by ronnyquest

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (WFLA) -

When soldier Michael Sharkey was deployed to Afghanistan two years ago, he asked a friend to watch over his New Port Richey house. Sharkey and his wife are now living in Hawaii where he is currently stationed. They plan to move back into their New Port Richey home someday. But, right now they are fighting to get their house back.

They say strangers broke in, changed the locks, moved in and they refuse to leave.

"I want the people out," said Sharkey. "They're criminals living in my house."

Sharkey was shocked to find out that the Pasco County Sheriff's Office says it can't do anything about the squatters.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfla.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: castledoctrine; criminals; florida; latino; soldierrights
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To: ronnyquest

If he wants to do it quickly and cheaply, he needs to publicize this even more. Ask for help from the people in the area to picket the mayor and local politicians. Make a public stink, and role up the citizens. Get a large group to go to board meetings to tell the politicians, they will be out of a job if they let this gross injustice stand. Something will be then be done in short order.


61 posted on 04/22/2014 1:51:13 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: 2banana

Just wait until they are out of the house, break in, change the locks and say you had a verbal agreement to move back in.

Should shorten up the whole court process.


62 posted on 04/22/2014 1:52:22 PM PDT by SouthParkRepublican
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To: ronnyquest

gypsies.


63 posted on 04/22/2014 2:00:38 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: scottteng

I think you’re right - there’s a process to be followed for this sort of thing. Chances are (unless there’s a lot more to this story than we’ve heard so far, which is certainly possible) that it should be pretty much a formality to get an eviction order. I doubt if the current occupants have much in the way of resources to fight it in court.

In a perfect world scumbags like these (if that’s what they are - again we may not have heard to whole story) would also be charged with fraud, or theft, or something like that. A person could probably take them to civil court for damages, but you can’t squeezed blood from a stone.


64 posted on 04/22/2014 2:09:29 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

You got that right.


65 posted on 04/22/2014 2:13:17 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: vette6387

Sig is Swiss.


66 posted on 04/22/2014 2:16:19 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: ronnyquest

Shoot them.


67 posted on 04/22/2014 2:19:17 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conseravtives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: Fledermaus

Florida is a castle doctrine state and they did invade his property.


68 posted on 04/22/2014 2:20:52 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of liberty only to see marxism elected at home.)
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To: ronnyquest

It’s ridiculous. These are criminals making up a story.

What sort of “friend” hires hardened criminals to work on your house?

I would sell the house and be done with it.

He got stabbed in the back by these clowns.

I wouldn’t want to live in the house now, anyway.

Sell it and move on, lesson learned.


69 posted on 04/22/2014 2:21:31 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ronnyquest

Should be a quick eviction, so I don’t know why there is a problem.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.46.html

“If the dwelling unit is furnished without rent as an incident of employment and there is no agreement as to the duration of the tenancy, the duration is determined by the periods for which wages are payable. If wages are payable weekly or more frequently, then the tenancy is from week to week; and if wages are payable monthly or no wages are payable, then the tenancy is from month to month.”


70 posted on 04/22/2014 2:33:57 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ronnyquest
83.03 Termination of tenancy at will; length of notice.—A tenancy at will may be terminated by either party giving notice as follows: (1) Where the tenancy is from year to year, by giving not less than 3 months’ notice prior to the end of any annual period; (2) Where the tenancy is from quarter to quarter, by giving not less than 45 days’ notice prior to the end of any quarter; (3) Where the tenancy is from month to month, by giving not less than 15 days’ notice prior to the end of any monthly period; and (4) Where the tenancy is from week to week, by giving not less than 7 days’ notice prior to the end of any weekly period.
71 posted on 04/22/2014 2:35:47 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

I think that only applies to properties that are occupied legally, as part of a contract. I do not think this statute applies to squatters.


72 posted on 04/22/2014 2:38:41 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of liberty only to see marxism elected at home.)
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To: ronnyquest
Did they not teach you how to handle business in the Army, son?
73 posted on 04/22/2014 2:44:03 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (Why are cops ROE more lenient against us, here in the US, than U.S. military's ROE's in a war zone?)
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To: ronnyquest

Oral contracts are clearly covered in the law, as are unspecified terms and free rent for work.

Any decent lawyer should have those bums out quickly.

He’s in the military, so JAG should help him.


74 posted on 04/22/2014 2:44:44 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: falcon99

Trouble is the home owner is way far away and likely can not afford the cost and can not get the leave from his unit to return and file the complaints necessary.


75 posted on 04/22/2014 2:46:26 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: falcon99
"ALL deals having to do with property must be in writing, not verbal."

Nope...

76 posted on 04/22/2014 2:49:55 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: elcid1970

The Sheriff won’t allow it.

He needs to be convinced that staying is a worse alternative to going.
If he can squat the property, so can someone else.


77 posted on 04/22/2014 3:17:24 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: ronnyquest
if it were my house, they would leave....there would be no damage and they would know that they had been evicted.

been there, done that!!

78 posted on 04/22/2014 3:33:25 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all else)
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To: AppyPappy
No. If the soldier told the friend to “take care of the house”, the friend could have interpreted that as “Rent it out for me”.

O.K. if you get the rent...

79 posted on 04/22/2014 3:37:43 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all else)
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To: ronnyquest

Obviously, this soldier needs several other soldiers in Florida to have a “meeting of the minds” with this criminal and his woman. And if the two of them end up naked on a dirt road a hundred miles away, well shucks.


80 posted on 04/22/2014 3:45:54 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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