Mansfield Couple Charged With Stealing House

December 13, 2011 2:27 PM

MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) - Two people accused of stealing a Mansfield house are now under arrest.

Andrew James and Alicia Renee LaTour are charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit theft.

Officials say the two moved into a vacant Mansfield house using an obscure legal maneuver called adverse possession — basically, squatter’s rights.

The practice has become much more common in Texas during the past several months, and Tarrant County in particular seems to be a hot spot for it.

The day before Thanksgiving, Tarrant County Constable Clint Burgess evicted the LaTours from the $225,000 house.

Tuesday morning, a judge ruled the couple has no rights to the house. They were then arrested and charged.

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TNT

…and the racial comments will begin in 5, 4, 3, 2…
jerry

VERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING FOR FREE. THE NEW AMERICA! GOING BACK THE 3RD WORLD COUNTRY NOW.
jerry

Can they play the taxes on $225,000 house? at least 5k and up a year.
Senor Rio

And I thought only us real estate agents knew off that loop hole called Adverse Possession. So now I guess a local judge will start dictating state law
Senor Rio

Here’s a similar situation as reported in the Dallas Observer

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-09-01/news/american-scheme/
Joseph

Well, now these folks can take adverse possesion of a jail cell

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